Prevalence and correlates of drinking behaviors among previously deployed military and matched civilian populations

Military Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-21

  Ramchand, Rajeev ^a   Miles, Jeremy ^a   Schell, Terry ^a   Jaycox, Lisa ^a   Marshall, Grant N ^a   Tanielian, Terri ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 78751483904     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2011.534407     Document Type: Article

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