The impact of killing in war on mental health symptoms and related functioning

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 435-443

  Maguen, Shira ^a,b   Metzler, Thomas J ^a   Litz, Brett T ^a,c   Seal, Karen H ^a,d   Knight, Sara J ^a,b   Marmar, Charles R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIET NAM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 74549144969     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20451     Document Type: Article

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