Gender differences in health service utilization among iraq and afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 666-673

  Maguen, Shira ^a,b   Cohen, Beth ^a,b   Cohen, Greg ^a   Madden, Erin ^a   Bertenthal, Daniel ^a,c   Seal, Karen ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Mental Illness Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84862199491     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.3113     Document Type: Article

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