Prevalence of a Positive Screen for PTSD Among OEF/OIF and OEF/OIF-Era Veterans in a Large Population-Based Cohort

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 542-549

  Dursa, Erin K ^a   Reinhard, Matthew J ^b   Barth, Shannon K ^a   Schneiderman, Aaron I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84912051666     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21956     Document Type: Article

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