Exposures of concern to veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 677-681

  Teichman, Ron ^a,b  

^a Teichman Occupational Health Associates   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; CONFLICT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRAQ; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84862587926     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318259c1ce     Document Type: Review

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