Effect of September 11th terrorist attacks on the self-reported health status of Department of Defense health care beneficiaries

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 843-849

  Linton, Andrea ^a   Hartzell, Michael C ^a   Peterson, Michael R ^a  

^a Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; ARMY; CIVIL DEFENSE; HEALTH CARE BENEFICIARIES; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NAVY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAILOR; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; SELF EVALUATION; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 16644387781     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.11.843     Document Type: Review

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