Body mass index relates to males with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 580-586

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

^a Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Body mass index; Military; Obesity; Overweight; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIET NAM;

EID: 33645657526     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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