Risky business: Trauma exposure and rate of posttraumatic stress disorder in African American children and adolescents

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-369

  Hunt, Kristin L ^a   Martens, Patricia M ^b   Belcher, Harolyn M E ^c,d  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79958238184     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20648     Document Type: Note

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