Mental health screening before troop deployment

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7576, 2006, Pages 979-980

  Hyams, Kenneth Craig ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; HUMAN; NOTE; SOLDIER;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750937763     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39023.648970.80     Document Type: Editorial

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