Predictors of psychological distress following serious injury.

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Prevalence, characteristics, and long-term sequelae of natural disaster exposure in the general population.

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Prevalence and patterns of Gulf War illness in Kansas veterans: association of symptoms with characteristics of person, place, and time of military service.

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Posttraumatic stress and lifestyles are associated with natural killer cell activity in victims of the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake in Japan.

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The relationships among mental health status, lifestyle, and natural killer (NK) cell activity, which plays important roles in the immune surveillance of tumors and viral infections, were investigated in victims of the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

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Meta-analysis of risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed adults.

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After the hurricane, the healing begins.

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A case series analysis of mass casualty incidents.

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Mass casualty incidents (MCIs) are infrequent but potentially overwhelming events that can stress the capabilities of even the most organized emergency medical services (EMS) system. The Maryland EMS system has been identified as a pioneer and leader in the field of prehospital emergency care and, as with many states, Maryland's regional preparation for MCIs has been integrated into its overall EMS systems planning.

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The Reassurance Questionnaire (RQ): psychometric properties of a self-report questionnaire to assess reassurability.

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The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire that assessed the extent to which patients usually feel reassured by their attending physician.

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The study population consisted of 204 subjects from the general population, 113 general practice patients, 130 general medical out-patients and 183 general medical patients with unexplained physical symptoms participating in an intervention study on the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy.

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Stressors, personality traits, and coping of Gulf War veterans with chronic fatigue.

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preliminary surveys of Persian Gulf veterans revealed a significant prevalence of self-reported symptoms consistent with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The purpose of this study was to compare self-reported life stressors, combat, and chemical exposures, personality and coping between Gulf War veterans with CFS and healthy veterans.

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Occupational risk factors for ill health in Gulf veterans of the United Kingdom.

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To study the association between occupational factors specific to the Armed Forces (rank, functional roles, Service, regular or reservist status and deployment factors) and symptomatic health problems in Gulf veterans, after sociodemographic and lifestyle factors have been accounted for.

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