War-related psychological stressors and risk of psychological disorders in Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 185, Issue AUG., 2004, Pages 116-126

  Ikin, J F ^a,h   Sim, M R ^a   Creamer, M C ^b   Forbes, A B ^a   McKenzie, D P ^a   Kelsall, H L ^a   Glass, D C ^a   McFarlane, A C ^c   Abramson, M J ^a   Ittak, P ^a   Dwyer, T ^d   Blizzard, L ^d   Delaney, K R ^e   Horsley, K W A ^f   Harrex, W K ^f   Schwarz, H ^g  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e Royal Australian Navy   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^g Health Services Australia   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOOD DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 4043132355     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.185.2.116     Document Type: Article

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