Posttraumatic stress disorder and mortality among U.S. Army veterans 30 years after military service

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 248-256

  Boscarino, Joseph A ^a  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Disease; Cause of death; External Mortality; Malignant Neoplasms Cancer; Mortality; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; PTSD; Survival

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTELLIGENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 33644945041     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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