The Stressors and Demands of Peacekeeping in Kosovo: Predictors of Mental Health Response

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 198-206

  Maguen, Shira ^a   Litz, Brett T ^a   Wang, Julie L ^a   Cook, Marie ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 1542723560     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.3.198     Document Type: Article

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