Posttraumatic stress disorder among Hispanic Vietnam veterans

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 615-619

  Ortega, Alexander N ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; VIET NAM;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0034067940     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.4.615     Document Type: Article

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