Sex differences in posttraumatic stress disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1044-1048

  Breslau, Naomi ^a,b,c   Davis, Glenn C ^a,b,c   Andreski, Patricia ^a   Peterson, Edward L ^a   Schultz, Lonni R ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030699276     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830230082012     Document Type: Article

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