Postdeployment health care for returning OEF/OIF Military personnel and their social networks: A qualitative approach

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 953-957

  Finley, Erin P ^a,b   Zeber, John E ^a,b   Pugh, Mary Jo V ^a,b   Cantu, Gabriela ^a   Copeland, Laurel A ^a,b   Parchman, Michael L ^a,b   Noel, Polly H ^a,b  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 78650350160     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00040     Document Type: Article

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