Characteristics of polytrauma patients with posttraumatic stress disorder in a level 1 trauma center

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-275

  Kreis, B E ^a,d   Castano, N J Y ^b   Tuinebreijer, W E ^c   Hoogenboom, L C A ^a   Meylaerts, S A G ^a   Rhemrev, S J ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ISS; Personality traits; Polytrauma; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959250949     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-011-0109-2     Document Type: Article

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