Understanding recent estimates of PTSD and TBI from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Golding, Heidi ^a   Bass, Elizabeth ^a   Percy, Allison ^a   Goldberg, Matthew ^a  

^a Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; PREVALENCE; SELECTION BIAS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 70350455131     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2009.06.0081     Document Type: Editorial

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