Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among adult survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake in China: A repeated cross-sectional study

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-82

  Guo, Jing ^a   Wu, Ping ^b   Tian, Donghua ^a   Wang, Xiaohua ^a   Zhang, Weijun ^a   Zhang, Xiulan ^a   Qu, Zhiyong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; PTSD; Self perceived health status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVOR; TREND STUDY;

DEPRESSION; PTSD; SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS;

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

EID: 84891474585     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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