Use of the Veterans History Project to assess World War II veterans' perceptions of military experiences and health

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1076-1082

  LaVerda, Nancy ^a,b   Vessey, Andrea ^a   Waters, William F ^a,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

EID: 33751072082     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.11.1076     Document Type: Article

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