Mental health status and visit rates of active duty members and their families: Findings from the 1994-1995 Department of Defense Health Beneficiary Survey

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 471-476

  Constantian, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 0031857821     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.7.471     Document Type: Article

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