Profile of two cohorts: Uk and us prospective studies of military health

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1272-1282

  Pinder, Richard J ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Boyko, Edward J ^b   Gackstetter, Gary D ^c   Hooper, Tomoko I ^d   Murphy, Dominic ^a   Ryan, Margaret A K ^e   Smith, Besa ^f   Smith, Tyler C ^f   Wells, Timothy S ^f   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ANSER   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^e Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MILITARY LAND; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FUNDING; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867612209     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr096     Document Type: Article

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