A Prospective Study of Mortality and Trauma-Related Risk Factors Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Vietnam Veterans

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 980-990

  Schlenger, William E ^a   Corry, Nida H ^a   Williams, Christianna S ^a   Kulka, Richard A ^a   Mulvaney Day, Norah ^b   DeBakey, Samar ^c   Murphy, Catherine M ^a   Marmar, Charles R ^d  

^a Truven Health Analytics ^*  (United States)

^b IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^c Health Research and Analysis   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

combat stress; mortality; posttraumatic stress disorder; public health; trauma; veterans

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BATTLE INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COR PULMONALE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEOPLASMS OF UNCERTAIN BEHAVIOR; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PARASITOSIS; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER OF WAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VETERAN; WAR; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

VIET NAM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84950275878     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv217     Document Type: Article

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