Long-term posttraumatic stress symptoms among 3,271 civilian survivors of the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the world trade center

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-281

  Digrande, Laura ^a   Neria, Yuval ^b,c,d   Brackbill, Robert M ^e   Pulliam, Paul ^f   Galea, Sandro ^d  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^e AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

disasters; life change events; September 11 terrorist attacks; stress disorders, post traumatic; terrorism

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; DISASTER; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TERRORISM; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK; SURVIVAL TIME; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM; WITNESS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251527489     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq372     Document Type: Article

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