Stability of combat exposure recall in operation Iraqi freedom veterans

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 939-947

  Garvey Wilson, Abigail L ^a   Hoge, Charles W ^b   McGurk, Dennis ^b   Thomas, Jeffrey L ^b   Castro, Carl A ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Longitudinal Study; Mental Recall; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLDIER; VETERAN;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMBAT DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL RECALL; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149459692     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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