A methodology for assessing deployment trauma and its consequences in OEF/OIF/OND veterans: The TRACTS longitudinal prospective cohort study

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  McGlinchey, Regina E ^a,b   Milberg, William P ^a,b   Fonda, Jennifer R ^a   Fortier, Catherine Brawn ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

blast; co morbidity; concussion; neuroimaging; post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGED; BOSTON; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013497992     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1556     Document Type: Article

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