The effects of deployment intensity on post-traumatic stress disorder: 2002-2006

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-223

  Shen, Yu Chu ^a,b   Arkes, Jeremy ^a,c   Pilgrim, John ^d  

^a Graduate School of Business and Public Policy   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649120926     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-03-4307     Document Type: Article

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