Somatic symptoms, psychological distress and trauma after disasters: lessons from the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire and 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires

• Main Authors: Caroline X. Gao (Author), Jana Menssink (Author), Timothy C. H. Campbell (Author), Catherine L. Smith (Author), Jillian F. Ikin (Author), Tyler Lane (Author), Michael J. Abramson (Author), Matthew Carroll (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Wildfires cause significant physical and mental ill-health. How physical and mental symptoms interact following wildfire smoke exposure is unclear, particularly in the context of repeated exposures. In this cross-sectional study we investigated how posttraumatic stress and genera...