Later life disability status following incarceration as a prisoner of war

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 613-618

  Hunt, Stephen C ^a   Orsborn, Mack ^a   Checkoway, Harvey ^b   Biggs, Mary L ^b   McFall, Miles ^a   Takaro, Tim K ^c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSENTERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELLAGRA; PRISONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCABIES; SUICIDE; TORTURE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WAR;

EID: 47749083082     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.7.613     Document Type: Article

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