The psychological risks of Vietnam for U.S. veterans: A revisit with new data and methods

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5789, 2006, Pages 979-982

  Dohrenwend, Bruce P ^a,b,c   Turner, J Blake ^c   Turse, Nicholas A ^c   Adams, Ben G ^b,d   Koenen, Karestan C ^e,f   Marshall, Randall ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Teachers College   (United States)

^c University of Columbia   (United States)

^d BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSAGE; PATIENT MONITORING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RECORDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 33747589455     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1128944     Document Type: Article

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