Committee opinion no. 547: Health care for women in the military and women veterans

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1538-1542

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CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MILITARY SERVICE; OBSTETRICS; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEX OFFENSES; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84870173840     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000423821.70036.5a     Document Type: Review

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