Acceptability of adverse childhood experiences questions for health surveillance in U.S. armed forces

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 853-859

  Robinson, Ronnie ^a   Davis, Jamie D ^a   Krueger, Mary ^b   Gore, Kristie ^a,c   Freed, Michael C ^a,c   Kuesters, Phoebe ^a   Dube, Shanta ^d   Engel, Charles C ^a,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE; ARMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51849162262     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.9.853     Document Type: Article

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