The mortality impact of combat stress 30 years after exposure: Implications for prevention, treatment, and research

Combat Stress Injury: Theory, Research, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 97-117

  Boscarino, Joseph A ^a  

^a GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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EID: 84909114066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203943694     Document Type: Chapter

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