Post-traumatic stress disorder and functioning and quality of life outcomes in female Vietnam veterans

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 661-665

  Zatzick, Douglas F ^a,b,e   Weiss, Daniel S ^a,b   Marmar, Charles R ^a,b   Metzler, Thomas J ^a,b   Wells, Kenneth ^c   Golding, Jacqueline M ^a   Stewart, Anita ^a   Schlenger, William E ^d   Browner, Warren S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLDIER; VIET NAM; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030864606     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.10.661     Document Type: Article

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