Health problems of substance-dependent veterans with and those without trauma history

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Tate, Susan R ^a,b   Norman, Sonya B ^a,b   McQuaid, John R ^a,b   Brown, Sandra A ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Physical health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Substance dependence; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN; ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERANS;

EID: 35248862658     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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