Posttraumatic stress, heart rate variability, and the mediating role of behavioral health risks

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 629-637

  Dennis, Paul A ^a,d   Watkins, Lana L ^a   Calhoun, Patrick S ^a,b,c   Oddone, Ania ^c   Sherwood, Andrew ^d   Dennis, Michelle F ^a,d   Rissling, Michelle B ^b   Beckham, Jean C ^a,b,d  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Cigarette smoking; Heart rate variability; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; VETERAN; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SMOKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925969737     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000110     Document Type: Article

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