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Title: Traumatic stress of a wartime mortuary. Anticipation of exposure to mass death.
Author: McCarroll-JE; Ursano-RJ; Fullerton-CS; Lundy-A
Abstract:
Exposure to traumatic death is a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder. For some groups, anticipation of such exposure may contribute to traumatic stress. We studied the anticipated stress of working in the Operation Desert Storm mortuary in two g
Journal: J-Nerv-Ment-Dis. 1993 Sep; 181(9): 545-51