Combat exposure and mental health: The long-term effects among us Vietnam and gulf war veterans

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-416

  Gade, Daniel M ^a   Wenger, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat exposure; Mental health; National survey of veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 79952587671     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1594     Document Type: Review

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