The influence of posttraumatic stress disorder numbing and hyperarousal symptom clusters in the prediction of physical health status in veterans with chronic tobacco dependence and posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 940-945

  Harder, Laura H ^a   Chen, Shuo ^b   Baker, Dewleen G ^a,c,d   Chow, Bruce ^b   McFall, Miles ^e,f   Saxon, Andrew ^e,f   Smith, Mark W ^b,g  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidance; Health related quality of life; hyperarousal; numbing; PTSD; SF 36; smoking; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VETERAN;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SMOKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; VETERANS;

EID: 82955188667     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182392bfb     Document Type: Article

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