Gender differences of postdeployment post-traumatic stress disorder among service members and veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-18

  Crum Cianflone, Nancy F ^a   Jacobson, Isabel ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

deployment; gender; health outcomes; military; Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Iraqi Freedom; post traumatic stress disorder; women

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAQ; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERAN; WAR;

DEPLOYMENT; GENDER; HEALTH OUTCOMES; MILITARY; OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM; OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; WOMEN;

AFGHANISTAN; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84891510299     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxt005     Document Type: Article

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