Mental health consequences of overstretch in the UK Armed Forces, 2007-09: A population-based cohort study

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 531-538

  Rona, Roberto J ^a   Jones, Margaret ^a   Keeling, Mary ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84919446435     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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