Screening for Veteran Status in the Primary Care Setting
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Screening for veteran status in the primary care setting.
Almost 24 million Americans are military veterans. The size of this population and the fact that veterans are at increased risk for a wide variety of health complications make the care of veterans an important component of primary care. The large demand placed on the National Guard and Reserves from current conflicts has resulted in a very large percentage of veterans’ care being delivered in t...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100204