BMJ  2005;331 (17 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7517.0-b

Londoners handled the bombs well

Less than two weeks after terrorist bomb blasts on 7 July, about a third of Londoners reported substantial stress and intention to travel less and about 1% felt the need for counselling. Rubin and colleagues (p 606) used a telephone survey of 1010 randomly selected people to assess the impact of the bombings using the same tool as was used in the United States after the terrorist attack on 11 September 2001. Muslim respondents reported significantly more stress than people of other faiths, and being white and having previous experience with terrorism was associated with less stress.

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