Destruction and Distress: Using a Quasi-Experiment to Show the Effects of the September 11 Attacks on Mental Well-Being in the United Kingdom

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 550, 2011, Pages

  Metcalfe, Robert ^a   Powdthavee, Nattavudh ^b   Dolan, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOLOGY; TERRORISM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79251640892     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02416.x     Document Type: Article

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