Posttraumatic stress symptoms and life functioning in older female ex-prisoners of war

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 466-468

  Walser, Robyn ^a   Tran, C Thuy ^a   Cook, Joan ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; POWs; PTSD; trauma exposure; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874061772     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027490     Document Type: Article

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