A study of the impact of emotional distress following the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-288

  Xu, J P ^a   Feng, Y Z ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5.12 wenchuan earthquake; Emotional distress; Mental health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EARTHQUAKES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862795599     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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