Chest pain among combat veterans: A conceptual framework

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 478-483

  Alcaras, Natalie Matson ^a   Roper, Janice M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PANIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33745051672     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/milmed.171.6.478     Document Type: Article

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