Prevalence and mental health correlates of sleep disruption among military members serving in a combat zone

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 744-750

  Taylor, Marcus K ^a,b   Hilton, Susan M ^a   Campbell, Justin S ^c   Beckerley, Shiloh E ^a   Shobe, Katharine K ^d   Drummond, Sean P A ^e,f  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Naval Command   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928549996     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00551     Document Type: Article

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