Danish soldiers in Iraq: Perceived exposures, psychological distress, and reporting of physical symptoms

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1138-1143

  Nissen, Lars Ravnborg ^a   Marott, Jacob Louis ^b   Gyntelberg, Finn ^b   Guldager, Bernadette ^c  

^a Army Operational Command   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Danish Armed Forces Health Services   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80053494882     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00094     Document Type: Article

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