Relationship of combat experiences and alcohol misuse among U.S. special operations soldiers

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-308

  Skipper, Leonard D ^a   Forsten, Robert D ^b   Kim, Eugene H ^c   Wilk, Joshua D ^a   Hoge, Charles W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital 121st Combat Support Hospital   (United States)

^c United States Army Special Operations Command AOMD Surgeon Directorate   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ALCOHOLISM; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924655784     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00400     Document Type: Article

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