Asthma and psychiatric disorders in male army recruits and soldiers

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 361-364

  Lev Tzion, Raffi ^a,c   Friedman, Tal ^c   Shochat, Tzippy ^c   Gazala, Eliyahu ^b,c   Wohl, Yonit ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Army; Asthma; Dyspnea fear theory of panic; Personality disorders; Psychiatric disorders; Reactive adjustments disorder; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; ISRAEL; MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOLDIER; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SPIROMETRY;

ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34249694906     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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