Anxiety symptoms among children after the Wenchuan earthquake in China

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 349-354

  Xu, Jiajun ^a   Xie, Ling ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Li, Na ^a   Yang, Yanchun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety symptoms; Children; Post earthquake

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84866983466     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2011.650197     Document Type: Article

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