Psychiatric Diagnoses and Neurobehavioral Symptom Severity Among OEF/OIF VA Patients with Deployment-Related Traumatic Brain Injury: A Gender Comparison

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages S210-S217

  Iverson, Katherine M ^a,b,c,d   Hendricks, Ann M ^b,c,e   Kimerling, Rachel ^f   Krengel, Maxine ^c   Meterko, Mark ^b,c,e   Stolzmann, Kelly L ^b,c   Baker, Errol ^b,c   Pogoda, Terri K ^b,c,e   Vasterling, Jennifer J ^c,d   Lew, Henry L ^g,h  

^a National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

^b Center for Organization Leadership and Management Research   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC)   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80155198400     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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