Upward trends in symptom reporting in the UK Armed Forces

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Horn, Oded ^a,b   Sloggett, Andrew ^b   Ploubidis, George B ^b   Hull, Lisa ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Military; Non specific symptoms; Psychological distress; Psychological symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; GULF WAR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950859025     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-009-9414-z     Document Type: Article

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