Sleep in a community sample of elderly war veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 520-525

  Engdahl, Brian E ^a,c   Eberly, Raina E ^a,c   Hurwitz, Thomas D ^a,c   Mahowald, Mark W ^b,c   Blake, Julee ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hennepin Co Regl Sleep Disord C   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat veterans; Polysomnography; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prisoners of war; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOLDIER;

AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAKEFULNESS; WAR;

EID: 0343415748     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(99)00201-2     Document Type: Article

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