Body mass index in male Caucasian veterans with or without posttraumatic stress disorder

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1447-1450

  Kozaric Kovacic, Dragica ^a   Ilic, Mirjana Grubisic ^a   Romic, Zeljko ^a   Vidovic, Andjelko ^a   Jendricko, Tihana ^a   Pivac, Nela ^b  

^a University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Combat related posttraumatic stress disorder; Male Caucasian participants; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 71849099453     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.07.026     Document Type: Article

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