Frequency and predictors of mass psychogenic illness

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 744-747

  Page, Lisa A ^a   Keshishian, Catherine ^a,b   Leonardi, Giovanni ^b   Murray, Virginia ^b   Rubin, G James ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS PSYCHOGENIC ILLNESS; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MASS BEHAVIOR; ODDS RATIO; ODORS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 77955926032     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181e9edc4     Document Type: Article

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