Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 328-333 , September 2005

One-year follow-up study of posttraumatic stress disorder among earthquake survivors in Turkey

  • Abdurrahman Altindag

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, 63100 Sanliurfa, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 414 3128456x2319; fax: +90 414 3139615.
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  • Sakir Ozen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, 21100 Diyarbakir, Turkey
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  • Aytekin Sir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, 21100 Diyarbakir, Turkey

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PII: S0010-440X(05)00015-5

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.01.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 328-333 , September 2005

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