Health care utilization and health indicators among a national sample of U.S. veterans in same-sex partnerships

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-212

  Blosnich, John ^a,b   Bossarte, Robert ^a,b   Silver, Eric ^a   Silenzio, Vincent ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SPOUSES; VETERANS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875458591     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00325     Document Type: Article

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