Post-traumatic stress disorder and health risk behaviors among Afghanistan and Iraq War veterans attending college

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-392

  Widome, Rachel ^a,b   Kehle, Shannon M ^a   Carlson, Kathleen F ^c,d   Laska, Melissa Nelson ^e   Gulden, Ashley ^a   Lust, Katherine ^e  

^a Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Portland Center for the Study of Chronic   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Health behaviors; OEF OIF; Tobacco; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053922278     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.35.4.1     Document Type: Article

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