Ongoing exposure versus intense periodic exposure to military conflict and terror attacks in Israel

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 691-698

  Lahad, Mooli ^a   Leykin, Dmitry ^b  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b The Community Stress Prevention Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650228728     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20583     Document Type: Article

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