Gender differences among veterans deployed in support of the wars in afghanistan and iraq

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Street, Amy E ^a,b   Gradus, Jaimie L ^a,b,c   Giasson, Hannah L ^a   Vogt, Dawne ^a,b   Resick, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

PTSD; Sexual harassment; Veteran; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84891154336     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2333-4     Document Type: Article

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