Trends of elevated PTSD risk in firefighters exposed to the World Trade Center disaster: 2001-2005

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 556-566

  Berninger, Amy ^a,b   Webber, Mayris P ^b,c   Cohen, Hillel W ^c   Gustave, Jackson ^b   Lee, Roy ^b   Niles, Justin K ^a,b   Chiu, Sydney ^b   Zeig Owens, Rachel ^a,b   Soo, Jackie ^a,b   Kelly, Kerry ^b   Prezant, David J ^a,b,c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Government of New york   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY; DISASTER; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955623204     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500411     Document Type: Article

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