Unmet health services needs experienced by puerto rican OEF/OIF veterans and families post deployment

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-388

  Hannold, Elizabeth M ^a   Freytes, I Magaly ^a   Uphold, Constance R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUERTO RICO; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUERTO RICO; VETERANS;

EID: 79959796883     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00334     Document Type: Article

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