Posttraumatic stress disorder, cardiovascular, and metabolic disease: A review of the evidence

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-78

  Dedert, Eric A ^a   Calhoun, Patrick S ^a   Watkins, Lana L ^a   Sherwood, Andrew ^a   Beckham, Jean C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cardiovascular; Hostility; Metabolic; PTSD

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77957274060     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-010-9165-9     Document Type: Article

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