Psychiatry Research
Volume 121, Issue 2 , Pages 133-143 , 1 December 2003

Memory for trauma-related information in Holocaust survivors with PTSD

  • Julia A. Golier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, #116-A, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-718-584-9000x5196; fax: +1-718-741-4775
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  • Rachel Yehuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, #116-A, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
    • ,
  • Sonia J. Lupien

      Affiliations

    • Douglas Hospital Research Center, McGill University, Verdun, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Philip D. Harvey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, #116-A, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA

Received 28 February 2003 ,Revised 8 August 2003 ,Accepted 30 August 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0925-4927(03)00120-3

Psychiatry Research
Volume 121, Issue 2 , Pages 133-143 , 1 December 2003

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