The psychological impact of deployment on OEF/OIF healthcare providers

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 726-734

  Hickling, Edward J ^a   Gibbons, Susanne ^b   Barnett, Scott D ^a   Watts, Dorraine ^c,d  

^a James A Haley Veterans Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Uniformed Health Services of the Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d ST PETERSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 84155163113     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20703     Document Type: Article

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