The mental health status of women in the Navy and Marine Corps: Preliminary findings from the Perceptions of Wellness and Readiness Assessment

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 174-181

  Hourani, Laurel L ^a   Yuan, Huixing ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NAVY; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SAILOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0344197014     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.3.174     Document Type: Article

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