A population-based study of associations between current posttraumatic stress symptoms and current fatigue

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 606-614

  Lerdal, Anners ^a   Lee, Kathryn A ^b   Rokne, Berit ^c   Knudsen Jr , Øistein ^d   Wahl, Astrid K ^e   Dahl, Alv A ^f  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958588986     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20562     Document Type: Article

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