Mental health treatment involvement and religious coping among African American, hispanic, and white Veterans of the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan

Depression Research and Treatment

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Greenawalt, David S ^a   Tsan, Jack Y ^a   Kimbrel, Nathan A ^a   Meyer, Eric C ^a,b   Kruse, Marc I ^a,b   Tharp, David F ^a,b   Gulliver, Suzy Bird ^a,b   Morissette, Sandra B ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84873860405     PISSN: 20901321     EISSN: 2090133X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/192186     Document Type: Article

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