The relationship between body mass index and mental health among iraq and afghanistan veterans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Maguen, Shira ^a,b   Madden, Erin ^a   Cohen, Beth ^a,c   Bertenthal, Daniel ^a,d   Neylan, Thomas ^a,b   Talbot, Lisa ^a,b   Grunfeld, Carl ^a,c   Seal, Karen ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Mental Illness Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Obesity; Veteran; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VETERAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892904726     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2374-8     Document Type: Article

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