Preventive services in veterans in relation to disability

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-350

  Littman, Alyson J ^a,b   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a,b   Forsberg, Christopher W ^a   Haselkorn, Jodie K ^a,b   Boyko, Edward J ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Colon cancer screening; Department of veterans affairs; Disability; Prevention; Preventive medicine; Primary prevention; Vaccination; Veterans; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL CANCERS; COLON CANCER; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; DISABILITY; PREVENTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; VACCINATION; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ENDOSCOPY; VIRUSES;

DISEASES;

CHOLESTEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VETERAN; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DISABLED PERSON; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866460918     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2010.12.0229     Document Type: Article

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