Posttraumatic stress disorder and dementia: What is the origin of the association?

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2287-2288

  Pitman, Roger K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 77953300869     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.767     Document Type: Note

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