Gender differences in risk of posttraumatic stress symptoms after disaster among older people: differential exposure or differential vulnerability? - Yazawa A, Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I.

BACKGROUND: Women have been observed to have a higher risk of developing posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) after disaster compared to men. In a study of survivors of an earthquake, we sought to investigate: whether there was differential exposure to dis...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news