Similarities in specific physical health disorder prevalence among formerly deployed canadian forces veterans with full and subsyndromal PTSD

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 958-965

  Fetzner, Mathew G ^a   Mcmillan, Katherine A ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

military veterans; physical health disorders; PTSD; subsyndromal PTSD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VETERAN;

ADULT; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84868564250     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.21976     Document Type: Article

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