Gulf War veterans with anxiety: Prevalence, comorbidity, and risk factors

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-142

  Black, Donald W ^a   Carney, Caroline P ^b   Peloso, Paul M ^a   Woolson, Robert F ^c   Schwartz, David A ^d   Voelker, Margaret D ^e   Barrett, Drue H ^f   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERAN;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 2442542436     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.EDE.0000103188.18059.21     Document Type: Article

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