Pervasive exposure to violence and posttraumatic stress disorder in a predominantly African American Urban Community: The Detroit neighborhood health study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 747-751

  Goldmann, Emily ^a   Aiello, Allison ^b   Uddin, Monica ^c   Delva, Jorge ^d   Koenen, Karestan ^a   Gant, Larry M ^d   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155162830     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20705     Document Type: Article

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