Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 62, Issue 4 , Pages 495-500 , April 2007

Posttraumatic symptoms were worst among quake victims with injuries following the Chi-chi quake in Taiwan

  • Hsien Wen Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +886 4 22054070; fax: +886 4 22019901.
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  • Shu Jen Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Tso Ching Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Service Management, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC
  • ,
  • Ming-Chu Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Taichung Blood Center, Chinese Blood Services, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Sze-Yuan Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Service Management, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC
    • Department of Surgery, Cheng-Ching General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC

Received 10 May 2002 ,Accepted 23 November 2004.

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PII: S0022-3999(04)00699-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.11.012

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 62, Issue 4 , Pages 495-500 , April 2007