Health and well-being of serving and ex-serving UK Armed Forces personnel: protocol for the fourth phase of a longitudinal cohort study

Introduction This is the fourth phase of a longitudinal cohort study (2022–2023) to investigate the health and well-being of UK serving (Regulars and Reservists) and ex-serving personnel (veterans) who served during the era of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. The cohort was established in 2003 an...

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Published in:	BMJ Open
Main Authors:	Howard Burdett, Neil Greenberg, Sharon Stevelink, Margaret Jones, Lisa Hull, Deirdre MacManus, Dominic Murphy, Nicola T Fear, Simon Wessely, Daniel Leightley, Marie-Louise Sharp, Amos Simms, Ray Leal, Sofia Franchini, Niamh Molloy, Steven Parkes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2023-10-01
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/10/e079016.full

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