Postservice mortality in Vietnam veterans: 30-Year follow-up

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1908-1916

  Boehmer, Tegan K Catlin ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^c   McGeehin, Michael A ^a   Boyle, Coleen ^b   Barrett, Drue H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; VIET NAM;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 4644236163     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.17.1908     Document Type: Article

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