The long-term impact of military service on health: Evidence from World War II and Korean War veterans

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 176-194

  Bedard, Kelly ^a   Deschênes, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PREMATURE MORTALITY; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR;

DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; KOREAN WAR; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33645728708     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282806776157731     Document Type: Article

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