Subjective age, PTSD and physical health among war veterans

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-413

  Solomon, Zahava ^a   Helvitz, Hedva ^a   Zerach, Gadi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Physical health; PTSD; Subjective age; War

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERAN; LIFE EVENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WAR;

AGED; AGING; COMBAT DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 67949100588     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802459856     Document Type: Article

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