Posttraumatic stress disorder and body mass index in military veterans. Preliminary findings

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1150-1154

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

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Medical illness; Military veterans; Obesity; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric illness; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RACE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIET NAM;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33746985553     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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