Influence of childhood adversity on health among male UK military personnel

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue DEC., 2007, Pages 506-511

  Iversen, Amy C ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Simonoff, Emily ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Horn, Oded ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Rona, Roberto ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 37249007174     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.039818     Document Type: Article

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