Relationship of PTSD Symptoms With Combat Exposure, Stress, and Inflammation in American Soldiers

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 303-310

  Groer, Maureen W ^a   Kane, Bradley ^a   Williams, S Nicole ^a   Duffy, Allyson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

inflammation; PTSD; soldiers; stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WARFARE;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WARFARE;

EID: 84930401558     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800414544949     Document Type: Article

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