Longitudinal study of probable post-traumatic stress disorder in firefighters exposed to the World Trade Center disaster

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1177-1185

  Berninger, Amy ^a,b   Webber, Mayris P ^b,c   Niles, Justin K ^a,b   Gustave, Jackson ^b   Lee, Roy ^b   Cohen, Hillel W ^c   Kelly, Kerry ^b   Corrigan, Malachy ^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

Firefighters; Mental health; Occupational medicine; Post traumatic stress; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649598848     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20894     Document Type: Article

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