Post deployment care for returning combat veterans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1200-1209

  Spelman, Juliette F ^a,b   Hunt, Stephen C ^c,d   Seal, Karen H ^c,e   Burgo Black, A Lucile ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Combat; Iraq; OEF OIF; Post deployment; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERANS HEALTH;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84866944690     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2061-1     Document Type: Article

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