Posttraumatic stress disorder and body mass index in military veterans: The Richmond experience

Stress, Trauma and Crisis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-28

  Vieweg, W Victor R ^b   Julius, Demetrios A ^b   Fernandez, Antony ^b   Levy, James R ^b   Satterwhite, Lynn ^b   Benesek, John ^b   Feuer, Stanley J ^b   Pandurangi, Anand K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BMI; Military veterans; Obesisty; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944465339     PISSN: 10645136     EISSN: 15434591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434610500506217     Document Type: Article

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