Lessons learned from mental health enhancement and suicide prevention activities in the veterans health administration

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Katz, Ira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84857288490     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300582     Document Type: Review

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