Posttraumatic stress disorder in female veterans with military and civilian sexual trauma

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 837-846

  Himmelfarb, Naomi ^a,b,c   Yaeger, Deborah ^a,b   Mintz, Jim ^b  

^a Women's Comprehensive Healthcare Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; VETERAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33847794614     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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