2003-2009 marital functioning trends among U.S. enlisted soldiers following Combat deployments

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1169-1177

  Riviere, Lyndon A ^a   Merrill, Julie C ^a   Thomas, Jeffrey L ^a   Wilk, Joshua E ^a   Bliese, Paul D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIVORCE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867539610     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00164     Document Type: Article

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