Prewar, war-zone, and postwar predictors of posttraumatic stress in female vietnam veteran health care providers

Military Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-114

  McTeague, Lisa M ^a   McNally, Richard J ^b   Litz, Brett T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 2442708872     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327876MP1602_2     Document Type: Article

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