Post-tsunami stress: a study of posttraumatic stress disorder in children living in three severely affected regions in Sri Lanka.

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Published in J Trauma Stress on June 01, 2006

Authors

Frank Neuner1, Elisabeth Schauer, Claudia Catani, Martina Ruf, Thomas Elbert

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Box D25, 78457 Konstanz, Germany. Frank.neuner@uni-konstanz.de

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