Postservice Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 790-795

 

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL POISONING; ADULT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 0023114180     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03390060080028     Document Type: Article

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