Relationship between serum lipid concentrations and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in soldiers with combat experiences

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-27

  Karlović, Dalibor ^a   Martinac, Marko ^a   Buljan, Danijel ^a   Zoričić, Zoran ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; High density lipoproteins; Low density lipoproteins; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STATISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 1642567326     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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