Military service and mental health in later life

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-223

  O'Donnell, John C ^a,b,c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034101485     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.3.219     Document Type: Article

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