Burns
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1082-1089 , December 2008

PTSD in persons with burns: An explorative study examining relationships with attributed responsibility, negative and positive emotional states

  • N.E.E. Van Loey

      Affiliations

    • Association of Dutch Burn Centres, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 251 275 507; fax: +31 251 216 059.
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  • M.J.M. van Son

      Affiliations

    • Utrecht University, Department Clinical Psychology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • P.G.M. van der Heijden

      Affiliations

    • Utrecht University, Department Statistics and Methodology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • I.M. Ellis

      Affiliations

    • Utrecht University, Department Clinical Psychology, Utrecht, The Netherlands

,Accepted 21 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.01.012

Burns
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