US female veterans in VA primary care: Post traumatic stress disorder symptoms and functional status

Primary Care Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Monnier, Jeannine ^a,b   Grubaugh, Anouk L ^a,b   Knapp, Rebecca G ^c   Magruder, Kathryn M ^a,b   Frueh, B Christopher ^a,b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Female veterans; PTSD symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16844375563     PISSN: 13552570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/135525704X20394     Document Type: Article

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