A survey of women's health care needs on U.S. Navy ships

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 439-443

  Means Markwell, Melissa ^a,b   Hawkins, Richard ^a   Reichow, Karen ^a   Gaglione, Margaret ^a   Holmboe, Eric ^a   Malone, John D ^b   Hyams, Kenneth C ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; NAVY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0031875327     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.7.439     Document Type: Article

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