Trends in probable PTSD in firefighters exposed to the world trade center disaster, 2001-2010

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Soo, Jackie ^a   Webber, Mayris P ^b   Gustave, Jackson ^c   Lee, Roy ^c   Hall, Charles B ^b   Cohen, Hillel W ^b   Kelly, Kerry J ^c   Prezant, David J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bureau of Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Firefighters; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological symptoms; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052770398     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.48     Document Type: Article

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