Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of Red Cross Nurses in the Aftermath of the 2008 Wenchuan China Earthquake

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-70

  Zhen, Yan ^a,b   Huang, Zhi quan ^a,b   Jin, Jing ^a,b   Deng, Xiao yan ^a,b   Zhang, Li ping ^a,b   Wang, Jian guang ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RED CROSS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RED CROSS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84863037053     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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