Longitudinal examination of posttraumatic stress disorder as a long-term outcome of Iraq war deployment

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 796-805

  Vasterling, Jennifer J ^a,b   Aslan, Mihaela ^c,d   Proctor, Susan P ^a,e,f   Ko, John ^c   Marx, Brian P ^a,b   Jakupcak, Matthew ^g,h   Schnurr, Paula P ^i,j   Gleason, Theresa ^k   Huang, Grant D ^l   Concato, John ^c,d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^j DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k VA Office of Research and Development   (United States)

^l VA Cooperative Studies Program   (United States)

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Author keywords

Iraq War; Longitudinal study; Military deployment; Prospective study; PTSD prevalence

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; WAR;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STRESS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VETERAN; WAR; AGE; COMBAT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

AFGHANISTAN; IRAQ;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 85012065695     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww151     Document Type: Article

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