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The association of posttraumatic stress disorder and metabolic syndrome: a study of increased health risk in veterans

BACKGROUND: There is accumulating evidence for a link between trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and diminished health status. To assess PTSD-related biological burden, we measured biological factors that comprise metabolic syndrome, an important established predictor of morbidity...

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Autores principales: Heppner, Pia S, Crawford, Eric F, Haji, Uzair A, Afari, Niloofar, Hauger, Richard L, Dashevsky, Boris A, Horn, Paul S, Nunnink, Sarah E, Baker, Dewleen G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19134183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-7-1