Tattoo and personality traits in Croatian veterans

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 300-305

  Požgain, Ivan ^a   Barkić, Jelena ^a   Filaković, Pavo ^a   Koić, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Personality traits; PTSD; Tattoo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; EMPATHY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TATTOO; WAR; WARD;

EID: 2442717538     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.2.300     Document Type: Article

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