The 9/11 terrorist attack and posttraumatic stress disorder revisited

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 539-543

  Breslau, Naomi ^a   Bohnert, Kipling M ^a   Koenen, Karestan C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11 indirect exposure; media transmitted 9 11 trauma; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIRECT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION VIEWING; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955601952     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ea1e2f     Document Type: Article

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