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ReviewJournal of dual diagnosis

Cortisol as a Biomarker of Alcohol Use in Combat Veterans: A Literature Review and Framework for Future Research.

Yvette Z Szabo, Tessa Breeding, Christina Hejl, Rakeshwar S Guleria, Steven M Nelson, Laura Zambrano-Vazquez

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Review in Journal of dual diagnosis. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Tattooing Among Combat Soldiers as a Coping Resource With Their Military Service Experiences.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yvette Z SzaboDepartment of Veterans Affairs, VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX, USA.
Tessa BreedingDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
Christina HejlDepartment of Veterans Affairs, VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX, USA.
Rakeshwar S GuleriaDepartment of Veterans Affairs, VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX, USA.
Steven M NelsonDepartment of Veterans Affairs, VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX, USA.
Laura Zambrano-VazquezDepartment of Veterans Affairs, VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX, USA.
Baylor University · USCenter for Occupational Research and Development · US

Funding

Psychological Trauma, Head Injury and Genetics: Detecting Changes in Cognition and Functioning in a Longitudinal Study of VeteransIK1RX003122 · VA · OLIN TEAGUE VETERANS CENTER · PI SZABO, YVETTE ZOLTANA · 2020 to 2022
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RRD VA IK1 RX003122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

VeteransAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismBiomarkersCombat DisordersHumansHydrocortisoneResearch DesignStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticBiomarkersHydrocortisonealcohol abusealcohol usebiomarkercombatCortisolstresstraumaVeterans

Identifiers

PMID32493131
PMCPMC7483986
OpenAlexW3032198949

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.