Systematic Review of Women Veterans’ Health: Update on Successes and Gaps

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages S84-S97

  Bean Mayberry, Bevanne ^a,b,c   Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,b,d   Washington, Donna L ^a,b,c   Goldzweig, Caroline ^b,c   Batuman, Fatma ^b,c   Huang, Christine ^b,c   Miake Lye, Isomi ^a,b   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VETERAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80155198356     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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