Preliminary normative data for the evaluation of risks scale-bubble sheet version (EVAR-B) for large-scale surveys of returning combat veterans

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 725-731

  Killgore, William D S ^a,b   Castro, Carl A ^a,c   Hoge, Charles W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERAN; WAR;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 77957979018     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00143     Document Type: Article

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