Cortisol and PTSD Symptoms Among Male and Female High-Exposure 9/11 Survivors

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 621-625

  Dekel, Sharon ^a,b   Ein Dor, Tsachi ^c   Gordon, Kathleen M ^d   Rosen, Jeffrey B ^d   Bonanno, George A ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECALL; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84886091602     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21839     Document Type: Article

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