Demographic, physical, and mental health factors associated with deployment of U.S. army soldiers to the Persian gulf

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 227-237

  Bell, Nicole S ^a   Amoroso, Paul J ^b   Williams, Jeffrey O ^a   Yore, Michelle M ^c,d   Engel Jr , Charles C ^c,d   Senier, Laura ^a   DeMattos, Annette C ^a   Wegman, David H ^e  

^a SSDS Inc   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953318141     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00046     Document Type: Article

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