World trade center disaster exposure-related probable posttraumatic stress disorder among responders and civilians: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Bian ^a   Tarigan, Lukman H ^b   Bromet, Evelyn J ^c   Kim, Hyun ^a  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISASTER; DISASTER VICTIM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST CIVILIAN SCALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESCUE WORK; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; POLICE; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84904626688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101491     Document Type: Article

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