Exploring pre-enlistment and military factors associated with the morale of members of the Uk Armed Forces

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-18

  Murphy, Dominic ^a   Sharp, Duncan ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Headquarters Air Command   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LEADERSHIP; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MORALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78651274027     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00079     Document Type: Article

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