Prospective assessment of neuropsychological functioning and mood in US Army National Guard personnel deployed as peacekeepers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 349-360

  Proctor, Susan P ^a,b,c   Heaton, Kristin J ^a   Dos Santos, Kathryn Dutille ^d   Rosenman, Erik S ^e   Heeren, Timothy ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Southeast Center for Healthy Communities   (United States)

^e IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployment; Military; Neurobehavior; Peacekeeping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARMED FORCES; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEACEKEEPING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PEACE CORPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; AFFECT; AGE; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ARMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349910008     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1348     Document Type: Article

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