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Editorial
. 2007 Sep 22;335(7620):571-2.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39329.663368.BE.

Mental illness in deployed soldiers

R J Ursano, D M Benedek, C C Engel
Editorial

Mental illness in deployed soldiers

R J Ursano et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Is more likely as traumatic exposures increase, and this is often related to length of deployment

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