Posttraumatic stress disorder among female Vietnam veterans: A causal model of etiology

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-175

  Fontana, Alan ^a,b   Schwartz, Linda Spoonster ^c   Rosenheck, Robert ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Veterans for America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; NURSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOLDIER; VIET NAM;

EID: 0030891963     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.2.169     Document Type: Article

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