Epidemiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults

The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Breslau, Naomi ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilians; Epidemiology; Methodology; Ptsd; Risk factors; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923486917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195399066.013.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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