Road traffic accidents and posttraumatic stress disorder in an orthopedic setting in south-eastern Nigeria: A controlled study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Iteke, Obiora ^a   Bakare, Muideen O ^a   Agomoh, Ahamefule O ^a   Uwakwe, Richard ^b   Onwukwe, Jojo U ^a  

^a Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959340350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-39     Document Type: Article

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