The health and wellbeing needs of veterans: A rapid review

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Oster, Candice ^a   Morello, Andrea ^a   Venning, Anthony ^a   Lawn, Sharon ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health; Mental health; Rapid review; Social care; Veteran

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VETERAN; WEB OF SCIENCE; WELLBEING; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERANS HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 85039731672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-017-1547-0     Document Type: Article

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