TY - JOUR PY - 2003// TI - Posttraumatic stress and functional impairment in Kenyan children following the 1998 American Embassy bombing JO - American journal of orthopsychiatry A1 - Pfefferbaum, Betty A1 - North, Carol S. A1 - Doughty, Debby E. A1 - Gurwitch, Robin H. A1 - Fullerton, Carol S. A1 - Kyula, Jane SP - 133 EP - 140 VL - 73 IS - 2 N2 - This study examined a convenience sample of 562 Nairobi school children exposed to the 1998 bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Posttraumatic stress reactions to the bombing were related to posttraumatic stress reactions to other trauma and to peritraumatic reaction. Self-reported functional impairment was minimal.

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