Erratum (DOI:10.1016/j.whi.2009.03.002);Gender Differences in Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Service Use

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-184

  Chatterjee, Sharmila ^a   Rath, Maria E ^b   Spiro III, Avron ^c   Eisen, Susan ^a   Sloan, Kevin L ^d   Rosen, Amy K ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Boston EMS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN;

EID: 65549091420     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.06.003     Document Type: Erratum

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