Psychological screening procedures for deploying U.S. forces

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 555-562

  Wright, Kathleen M ^a   Thomas, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Adler, Amy B ^a   Ness, James W ^c   Hoge, Charles W ^b   Castro, Carl A ^b  

^a US Army Medical Research Unit Europe   (Germany)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILITARY SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 22244481614     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.7.555     Document Type: Article

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