Are male disaster workers with Vietnam military service at greater risk for PTSD than peers without combat history?

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 859-863

  Jayasinghe, Nimali ^a   Jedel, Sharon ^a   Leck, Pam ^a   Difede, Joann ^a   Klausner, Ellen ^a   Spielman, Lisa ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster workers; PTSD; Vietnam veterans

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR; WORKER;

COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 33750980411     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000244831.73276.6c     Document Type: Article

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