The Enduring Health Consequences of Combat Trauma: a Legacy of Chronic Disease

Abstract

A better understanding of the long-term health effects of combat injury is important for the management of veterans’ health in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) health care systems and may have implications for primary care management of civilian trauma patients.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Sep 21, 2020
Source ID
10.1007/s11606-020-06195-1

Entities

People

  • Adi Gundlapalli
  • Alan Sim
  • Andrew Redd
  • Carl A. Beyer
  • Eduard Poltavskiy
  • Ian J Stewart
  • Jeffrey T. Howard
  • Jud C. Janak
  • Kevin K Chung
  • Lauren E. Walker
  • Lee Ann Zarzabal
  • Warren Pettey
  • Ying Suo

Organizations

  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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