Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 446-456 , November 2009

Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders among Women Veterans with Diabetes

  • Ranjana Banerjea, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, Center for Health Care Knowledge Management, East Orange, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Ranjana Banerjea, PhD, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. NW (mail stop 124), Washington DC 20420; Phone: 202-461-1512; Fax: 202-254-0461.
    • ,
  • Leonard M. Pogach, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, Center for Health Care Knowledge Management, East Orange, New Jersey
    • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
    • ,
  • David Smelson, PsyD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, Center for Health Care Knowledge Management, East Orange, New Jersey
    • Department of Veterans Affairs Bedford, Center of Excellence, Bedford, Massachusetts
    • University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, Center for Health Care Knowledge Management, East Orange, New Jersey
    • University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • Morehouse School of Medicine, Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Received 6 July 2008 ,Revised 24 July 2009 ,Accepted 24 July 2009.

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 Supported by grants from Dr. Banerjea (IEA-05-255) and Dr. Pogach, (REA-03-021). The findings and opinions reported here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of any other individuals or organizations.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00075-9

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.07.007

Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 446-456 , November 2009

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