MILITARY SPOUSES: COPING WITH THE FEAR AND THE REALITY OF SERVICE MEMBER INJURY AND DEATH

Military Life: The Psychology of Serving in Peace and Combat: Volume 1 - 4

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 64-90

  Wright, Kathleen M ^a   Burrell, Lolita M ^b   Schroeder, Erica D ^c   Thomas, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a WRAIR   (United States)

^b US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine Military Performance Division   (United States)

^c US Army Med Research Unit Europe   (Germany)

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