Finding a balance: Health promotion challenges of military women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 848-868

  Janice, Griffin Agazio ^a   Buckley, Kathleen M ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTHERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955097349     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.486095     Document Type: Article

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