Psychiatry Research
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61 , 30 March 2010

Spatial proximity and the risk of psychopathology after a terrorist attack

  • Charles DiMaggio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, Mailman School of Pubic Health, 722 West 168 St, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University 722 West 168 St. Room 1117 New York, NY 10032.
    • ,
  • Sandro Galea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, Mailman School of Pubic Health, 722 West 168 St, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Michael Emch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Received 27 September 2007 ,Revised 6 June 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.035

Psychiatry Research
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61 , 30 March 2010

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