Deployment stressors, gender, and mental health outcomes among Gulf War I veterans

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-127

  Vogt, Dawne S ^a,b,d   Pless, Anica P ^a   King, Lynda A ^a,b,c   King, Daniel W ^a,b,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY; VETERAN; WAR; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; LIFE EVENT; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERANS;

EID: 33645125698     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20018     Document Type: Article

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