Do medical services personnel who deployed to the Iraq war have worse mental health than other deployed personnel?
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Do medical services personnel who deployed to the Iraq war have worse mental health than other deployed personnel?
AIM There is evidence of increased health care utilization by medical personnel (medics) compared to other trades in the UK Armed Forces. The aim of this study was to compare the burden of mental ill health in deployed medics with all other trades during the Iraq war. METHODS Participants' main duty during deployment was identified from responses to a questionnaire and verified from Service d...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn031