The longitudinal course of PTSD among disaster workers deployed to the World Trade Center following the attacks of September 11th

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 506-514

  Cukor, Judith ^a   Wyka, Katarzyna ^a   Mello, Brittany ^a   Olden, Megan ^a   Jayasinghe, Nimali ^a   Roberts, Jennifer ^a   Giosan, Cezar ^b   Crane, Michael ^c   Difede, Joann ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Berkeley College   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80053130633     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20672     Document Type: Article

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