The relevance and prevalence of post-traumatic stress after an earthquake: Public health problem in Constitucion, Chile;Relevancia y prevalencia del estrés post-traumático post-terremoto como problema de salud pública en Constitución, Chile

Revista de Salud Publica

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 551-559

  Leiva Bianchi, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Mental health; Post traumatic; Prevalence; Public health; Stress disorder; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455190076     PISSN: 01240064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0124-00642011000400001     Document Type: Article

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