Sleeplessness, stress, cognitive disruption and academic performance following the september 4, 2010, christchurch earthquake

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2011, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 11-18

  Kemp, Simon ^a   Helton, William S ^a   Richardson, Jessica J ^a   Blampied, Neville M ^a   Grimshaw, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Cognitive disruption; Disaster; Earthquake; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866737835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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