Changes in plasma lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease in army veterans suffering from chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 506-514

  Kulenović, Alma Džubur ^a   Kučukalić, Abdulah ^a   Maleč, Daniel ^b  

^a KLINICKI CENTAR UNIVERZITETA U SARAJEVU   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VETERAN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERANS;

EID: 55949134716     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2008.4.506     Document Type: Article

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