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Associations Between Alcohol Use and PTSD Symptoms among American Red Cross Disaster Relief Workers Responding to the 9/11/2001 Attacks

Jeffrey S. Simons Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South DakotaUSA; Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South DakotaUSA
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Raluca M. Gaher Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South DakotaUSA
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Gerard A. Jacobs Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South DakotaUSA
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David Meyer Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South DakotaUSA
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Erika Johnson-Jimenez Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South DakotaUSA
Pages 285-304 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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