Childhood Trauma and PTSD Symptoms Increase the Risk of Cognitive Impairment in a Sample of Former Indentured Child Laborers in Old Age

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Burri, Andrea ^a   Maercker, Andreas ^a   Krammer, Sandy ^a   Simmen Janevska, Keti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD LABOR; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-III-R; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84874505963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057826     Document Type: Article

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