Veterans' Physical Health
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Veterans' physical health.
How individuals age is affected by life experiences. What we know today about aging has been largely shaped by a generation who experienced the special circumstances of wartime in their formative years. In this review, we investigate the research question, "What is known about the physical health of Canadian veterans?" In answering this question, we summarize the literature on Canadian Veterans...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiologic Reviews
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0193-936X,1478-6729
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxs005