Mass Shootings: A Meta-Analysis of the Dose-Response Relationship

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 631-638

  Wilson, Laura C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS DISASTER; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920186274     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21964     Document Type: Article

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