Association between posttraumatic stress disorder and primary care provider-diagnosed disease among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 498-504

  Andersen, Judith ^a,b   Wade, Michael ^a   Possemato, Kyle ^a,b   Ouimette, Paige ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Disease; Iraq and Afghanistan War.; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77953356470     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181d969a1     Document Type: Article

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