An examination of PTSD symptoms and relationship functioning in U.S. soldiers of the Iraq War over time

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-190

  Erbes, Christopher R ^a,b   Meis, Laura A ^a,b   Polusny, Melissa A ^a,b   Compton, Jill S ^c   Wadsworth, Shelley MacDermid ^d,e  

^a Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY; WAR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860170403     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21689     Document Type: Article

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