Circumstances of service and gender differences in war-related PTSD: Findings from the national Vietnam veteran readjustment study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 643-649

  Turner, J Blake ^a,c   Turse, Nicholas A ^b   Dohrenwend, Bruce P ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BATTLE INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 34748826108     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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