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ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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adj OR |
statistically adjusted odds ratio |
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adj mean diff |
statistically adjusted difference between means |
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adj median diff |
statistically adjusted difference between medians |
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AEC |
Australian Electoral Commission |
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AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Air Force |
Royal Australian Air Force (unless otherwise specified) |
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Army |
Australian Army (unless otherwise specified) |
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AUDIT |
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test |
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AUDIT-C |
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Consumption |
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BCOF |
British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Japan) |
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CAGE |
Cut-down, Annoyed by criticism, Guilty about drinking, Eye-opener drinks (alcohol use questionnaire) |
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CES |
Combat Exposure Scale |
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CI |
confidence interval |
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DVA |
Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs |
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DSM-III-R |
3 rd edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Revised |
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DSM-IV |
4 th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
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et al |
and others |
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HAD scale |
Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale |
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HMAS |
His/Her Majesty’s Australian Ship |
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KWV |
Korean War veteran |
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KWVHS |
Korean War veterans’ Health Study |
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multiv |
multivariate (when referring to statistical adjustment for multiple covariates) |
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N (or n) |
number |
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NAS |
Normative Aging Study |
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Navy |
Royal Australian Navy (unless otherwise specified) |
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NSHWB |
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1997 National Survey of Health and Well-being |
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OR |
odds ratio |
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P value |
probability value |
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PCL |
Posttraumatic stress disorder Check List |
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PCL-S |
Posttraumatic stress disorder Check List - specific |
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PLS |
Percent Life Satisfaction score derived from the Life Satisfaction scale |
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POW |
prisoner of war |
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PS |
population sample |
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PTSD |
posttraumatic stress disorder |
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RAR |
Royal Australian Regiment |
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SAC |
Scientific Advisory Committee |
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SD |
standard deviation |
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SF-12 |
12 item Short Form Health Survey |
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SF-36 |
36 item Short Form Health Survey |
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SMHA |
Survey of Men’s Health and Ageing |
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SMR |
standardised mortality ratio |
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SPSS |
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
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UK |
United Kingdom |
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UN |
United Nations |
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US or USA |
United States of America |
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WHO |
World Health Organisation |
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WHOQOL-Bref |
26-item World Health Organisation brief Quality of Life questionnaire |
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WIA |
Wounded In Action |
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WWII |
Second World War |