Psychosocial and health correlates of types of traumatic event exposures among U.S. military personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 736-743

  Hourani, Laurel L ^a   Yuan, Huixing ^b   Bray, Robert M ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0141655107     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.9.736     Document Type: Review

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