Combat exposure, posttraumatic stress symptoms and risk-taking behavior in veterans of the second lebanon war

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 276-283

  Svetlicky, Vlad ^a   Solomon, Zahava ^b   Benbenishty, Rami ^c   Levi, Ofir ^a   Lubin, Gadi ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 79551559533     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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