Do medical services personnel who deployed to the Iraq war have worse mental health than other deployed personnel?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 422-427

  Jones, Margaret ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Jones, Norman ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iraq; Medical personnel; Mental health; Military

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 48149108934     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn031     Document Type: Article

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