Risk and resilience factors for posttraumatic stress symptomatology in Gulf War I veterans

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-38

  Vogt, Dawne S ^a,b,d   Tanner, Lynlee R ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN; WAR;

COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 33947721859     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20187     Document Type: Article

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