Prevention services received by veterans visiting VHA facilities

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 604-610

  Branch, Laurence G ^a,b   Rabiner, Donna J ^a,b   Patterson, Patricia ^c   Sullivan Jr , Robert J ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease prevention; Health promotion; Healthy People 2000; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOLDIER;

EID: 0032127711     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0333     Document Type: Article

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