Temporal Trends in the Epidemiology of Disabilities Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps From 2005-2010

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 485-493

  Packnett, Elizabeth R ^a,b   Gubata, Marlene E ^a   Cowan, David N ^a,b   Niebuhr, David W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Allied Technology Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867711968     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21743     Document Type: Article

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