Health outcomes associated with military deployment: Mild traumatic brain injury, blast, trauma, and combat associations in the Florida national guard

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1887-1895

  Vanderploeg, Rodney D ^a,b,c   Belanger, Heather G ^a,b,c   Horner, Ronnie D ^e   Spehar, Andrea M ^a,b   Powell Cope, Gail ^a,b,c   Luther, Stephen L ^a,b,c   Scott, Steven G ^a,b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center of Excellence: Maximizing Rehabilitation Outcomes   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injuries; Brain concussion; Military personnel; Neurobehavioral manifestations; Outcome assessment; Rehabilitation; Sequelae

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALLERGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; THORAX PAIN; TINNITUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ANXIETY; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867861236     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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