PTSD subclusters and functional impairment in Kosovo peacekeepers

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 779-785

  Maguen, Shira ^a,b   Stalnaker, Mark ^a,b   Mccaslin, Shannon ^a,b   Litz, Brett T ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 77949369416     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-03-2808     Document Type: Article

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