Unit cohesion and PTSD symptom severity in Air Force medical personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 482-486

  Dickstein, Benjamin D ^a,b   McLean, Carmen P ^a   Mintz, Jim ^c   Conoscenti, Lauren M ^a   Steenkamp, Maria M ^a,b   Benson, Trisha A ^c   Isler, William C ^d   Peterson, Alan L ^b,d   Litz, Brett T ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954641968     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00178     Document Type: Article

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