Post-deployment injury among new combat veterans enrolled in Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 343-347

  Carlson, Kathleen F ^a,b   Gravely, Amy ^c   Noorbaloochi, Siamak ^c,d   Simon, Alisha Baines ^c   Bangerter, Ann K ^c   Sayer, Nina A ^c,d,e  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053124113     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.030213     Document Type: Article

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