Erosion of the healthy soldier effect in veterans of US military service in Iraq and Afghanistan

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bollinger, Mary J ^a,b   Schmidt, Susanne ^c   Pugh, Jacqueline A ^a,b   Parsons, Helen M ^c   Copeland, Laurel A ^d,e   Pugh, Mary Jo ^a,c  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy soldier effect; Mortality; Veterans statistics numerical data

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; MORTALITY RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHY SOLDIER EFFECT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; NAVY; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STANDARDIZED RELATIVE RISK; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AFGHANISTAN; IRAQ;

EID: 84925133922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-015-0040-6     Document Type: Article

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