Care of the returning veteran

American Family Physician

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-49

  Quinlan, Jeffrey D ^a   Gauron, Michael R ^b   Deschere, Bruce R ^c   Stephens, Mark B ^d  

^a Navy Medicine Support Command   (United States)

^b Nellis Air Force Base   (United States)

^c Naval Hospital Pensacola   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; CONCUSSION; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; SUICIDE;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; VETERANS;

EID: 77954717014     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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