What are the determinants of post-traumatic stress disorder: Age, gender, ethnicity or other? Evidence from 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 644-652

  Kun, P ^a   Tong, X ^b   Liu, Y ^a   Pei, X ^a   Luo, H ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cross sectional study; Determinants; Earthquake; PTSD

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING STANDARD; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SOCIAL IMPACT; STATE ROLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVORCE; DSM-IV; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SHELTER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVOR; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WIDOW;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DETERMINANTS; EARTHQUAKE; PTSD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BEICHUAN; CHINA; DUJIANGYAN; SICHUAN;

EID: 84880746712     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.04.018     Document Type: Article

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