A national cohort study of the association between the polytrauma clinical triad and suicide-related behavior among US veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 380-387

  Finley, Erin P ^a   Bollinger, Mary ^a   Noël, Polly H ^a   Amuan, Megan E ^c   Copeland, Laurel A ^d   Pugh, Jacqueline A ^a   Dassori, Albana ^a   Palmer, Raymond ^b   Bryan, Craig ^e   Pugh, Mary Jo V ^a  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921833674     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301957     Document Type: Article

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