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Social Work in Health Care Volume 50, 2011 - Issue 1: Social Work With the Military: Current Practice Challenges and Approaches to Care
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The Battle Within: Understanding the Physiology of War-Zone Stress Exposure

Victoria E. Bruner LCSWRNBCETS Deployment Health Clinical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pamela Woll MACADP Human Priorities and Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pages 19-33 | Received 19 Apr 2010, Accepted 12 Jul 2010, Published online: 13 Jan 2011

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