Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Health Status among Female and Male Medical Patients

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Ouimette, Paige ^a,e   Cronkite, Ruth ^a   Henson, Brandy R ^c   Prins, Annabel ^b   Gima, Kristian ^d   Moos, Rudolf H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Environmental Risk Analysis   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Health; Health related; PTSD; Quality of life; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER;

COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 1442299330     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOTS.0000014670.68240.38     Document Type: Article

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