Posttraumatic stress disorder and its risk factors among adolescent survivors three years after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake in China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tian, Yali ^a   Wong, Thomas K S ^b   Li, Jiping ^a   Jiang, Xiaolian ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84925643631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1073     Document Type: Article

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