U.S. Military Deployment During 2001-2006: Comparison of Subjective and Objective Data Sources in a Large Prospective Health Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 976-982

  Smith, Besa ^a,b   Wingard, Deborah L ^b   Ryan, Margaret A K ^a,b   Macera, Caroline A ^c   Patterson, Thomas L ^d   Slymen, Donald J ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Status; Health Surveys; Military Medicine; Military Personnel; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36048977014     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.07.102     Document Type: Article

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