Evidence of poorer life-course mental health outcomes among veterans of the Korean War cohort

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-183

  Brooks, Matthew Stephen ^a   Fulton, Lawrence ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Korean War veterans; Older veterans; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; KOREA; KOREAN WAR; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 77951029674     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903046560     Document Type: Article

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