Organizational psychosocial factors and deployment-related exposure concerns in Afghanistan/Iraq War Veterans

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 670-676

  Osinubi, Omowunmi Y ^a,b,e   McAndrew, Lisa M ^a,d   De Candia, Victor ^b   Chandler, Helena K ^a   Santos, Susan L ^a,b   Falca Dodson, Maria ^c   Teichman, Ron ^a,f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Occupational and Environmental Health Associates Inc   (United States)

^f Teichman Occupational Health Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERAN; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862516361     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318255ba57     Document Type: Review

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