Consistency of memory for combat-related traumatic events in veterans of Operation Desert Storm

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-177

  Southwick, Steven M ^a,b,c   Morgan III, Andrew ^a   Nicolaou, Andreas L ^a   Charney, Dennis S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SOLDIER;

EID: 0031027588     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.2.173     Document Type: Article

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