Project VALOR: Design and methods of a longitudinal registry of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat-exposed Veterans in the Afghanistan and Iraqi military theaters of operations

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-16

  Rosen, Raymond C ^a   Marx, Brian P ^b,c   Maserejian, Nancy N ^a   Holowka, Darren W ^b,c   Gates, Margaret A ^a   Sleeper, Lynn A ^a   Vasterling, Jennifer J ^b,c   Kang, Han K ^d   Keane, Terence M ^b,c  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat exposed Veterans; Disease registry; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Psychosocial outcomes; Study design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84858284932     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.355     Document Type: Article

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