Demographic, military, and health characteristics of VA health care users and nonusers who served in or during operation enduring freedom or operation iraqi freedom, 2009-2011

Public Health Reports

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 839-843

  Dursa, Erin K ^a   Barth, Shannon K ^a   Bossarte, Robert M ^a,b   Schneiderman, Aaron I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Department of veterans affairs; OEF OIF; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; IRAQI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN; ADULT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85004045126     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033354916676279     Document Type: Article

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