Proximity to terror and post-traumatic stress: A follow-up survey of governmental employees after the 2011 Oslo bombing attack

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Hansen, Marianne B ^a   Nissen, Alexander ^a   Heir, Trond ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATOMIC BOMB; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TERRORISM;

EID: 84880577411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002692     Document Type: Review

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