Ethnic differences in symptoms among female veterans diagnosed with PTSD

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-357

  C'de Baca, Janet ^a   Castillo, Diane ^a   Qualls, Clifford ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84862764514     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21709     Document Type: Article

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