Injuries and post-traumatic stress following historic tornados: Alabama, April 2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas ^a,b,c   Parker, Erin M ^a,b   Ovalle, Fernando ^a   Noe, Rebecca E ^d   Bell, Jeneita ^a   Xu, Likang ^a   Morrison, Melissa A ^b,e   Mertzlufft, Caitlin E ^f   Sugerman, David E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; TORNADO; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALABAMA; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORNADOES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893412068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083038     Document Type: Article

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