Military Combat Deployments and Substance Use: Review and Future Directions

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-27

  Larson, Mary Jo ^a   Wooten, Nikki R ^b,c   Adams, Rachel Sayko ^a   Merrick, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

combat exposures; military deployments; military health care system; substance use; veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858679490     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1533256X.2012.647586     Document Type: Article

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