Female veterans of the OEF/OIF conflict: Concordance of PTSD symptoms and substance misuse

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 655-659

  Nunnink, Sarah E ^a,b,c   Goldwaser, Gali ^b   Heppner, Pia S ^a,b,c   Pittman, James O E ^a,b   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^a,c   Baker, Dewleen G ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Female; OEF OIF; PTSD; Substance abuse; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951975691     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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