Factors Influencing the Salience of Military/Veteran Identity Post Discharge: A Scoping Review
By: Gerry Dolan, Mathew McCauley and Dominic Murphy
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v8i1.333 | Journal eISSN: 2470-4768
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