The focus on women veterans who use veterans administration health care: The Veterans Administration Women's Health Project

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 761-766

  Skinner, Katherine M ^a,b   Furey, Joan ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MILITARY MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLDIER; WAR;

EID: 0031733425     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.11.761     Document Type: Article

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