The national health study for a new generation of united states veterans: Methods for a large-scale study on the health of recent veterans

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 966-969

  Eber, Stephanie ^a   Barth, Shannon ^a   Kang, Han ^a   Mahan, Clare ^a   Dursa, Erin ^a   Schneiderman, Aaron ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884126135     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00175     Document Type: Article

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