Preventing Suicide Among Returning Combat Veterans: A Moral Imperative

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 601-602

  Sher, Leo ^a,b   Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b  

^a James J Peters Veterans' Admin istration Medical Center   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; SUICIDE; VETERANS;

EID: 80051608611     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00026     Document Type: Editorial

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