Sexual assault during the time of gulf war I: A cross-sectional survey of U.S. service men who later applied for department of veterans affairs PTSD disability benefits

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 285-293

  Murdoch, Maureen ^a,b   Polusny, Melissa A ^a,b   Street, Amy ^c,d   Noorbaloochi, Siamak ^a,b   Simon, Alisha B ^a   Bangerter, Ann ^a   Grill, Joseph ^a,b   Voller, Emily ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84905256687     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00513     Document Type: Article

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