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Published in Bioterrorism Week, June 16th, 2008

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Exposure to and fear of terror as predictors of self-rated health among apparently healthy employees.' According to a study from Ramat Aviv, Israel, "The effects of exposure to terror on physical health were investigated by relating objective exposure to terror and fear of terror to self-rated health (SRH), a proxy measure of health status. Our respondents were apparently healthy (N=4,877, 38% women) adults who completed self-report questionnaires."

"Objective exposure was assessed by the number of terrorist attacks and their casualties in a respondent's urban area prior to her/his completion of the questionnaire. Using...

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