A population approach to mitigating the long-term health effects of combat deployments

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Reisinger, Heather Schacht ^a   Hunt, Stephen C ^b   Burgo Black, A Lucile ^c   Agarwal, Madhulika A ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84869078154     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.110116     Document Type: Article

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