Anxiety among Israeli soldiers during the Gulf War

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 148-151

  Barak, Yoram ^a,b   Bodner, Ehud ^c   Klayman, Nimrod ^c   Ring, Aliza ^a,b   Elizur, Avner ^a,b  

^a ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Gulf War; Israel; Soldiers; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STRESS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 0034099719     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060070032     Document Type: Article

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