Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and alcohol and tobacco use in public health workers after the 2004 Florida hurricanes

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-95

  Fullerton, Carol S ^a   McKibben, Jodi B A ^a   Reissman, Dori B ^b   Scharf, Ted ^b   Kowalski Trakofler, Kathleen M ^b   Shultz, James M ^c   Ursano, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Depression; Hurricane; PTSD; Public health workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CYCLONIC STORMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TOBACCO USE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84888336701     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2013.6     Document Type: Article

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