Thinking that one's life was in danger: Perceived life threat in individuals directly or indirectly exposed to terror

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 306-310

  Heir, Trond ^a,b   Blix, Ines ^a   Knatten, Charlotte K ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOMB; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYING; EMPLOYEE; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE THREAT; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEAR; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BOMBS; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991770103     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.170167     Document Type: Article

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