Anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in Korean War veterans 50 years after the war

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue JUNE, 2007, Pages 475-483

  Ikin, Jillian F ^a   Sim, Malcolm R ^a   McKenzie, Dean P ^a   Horsley, Keith W A ^b   Wilson, Eileen J ^b   Moore, Michael R ^c   Jelfs, Paul ^d   Harrex, Warren K ^b   Henderson, Scott ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

^e Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VETERAN; WAR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; KOREAN WAR; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 34249892814     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.025684     Document Type: Article

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