Ambulatory monitoring and physical health report in Vietnam veterans with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-335

  Beckham, Jean C ^a,b,c   Taft, Casey T ^b,c   Vrana, Scott R ^d   Feldman, Michelle E ^c   Barefoot, John C ^a   Moore, Scott D ^a,c   Mozley, Susannah L ^c   Butterfield, Marian I ^a,c   Calhoun, Patrick S ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Combat veterans; Health; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VIET NAM; WAR;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COMBAT DISORDERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEALTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 0041344603     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024457700599     Document Type: Article

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