Evidence of greater health care needs among older veterans of the Vietnam War

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 715-720

  Brooks, Matthew S ^a   Laditka, Sarah B ^b   Laditka, James N ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR;

EID: 49749109864     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.8.715     Document Type: Article

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