Life and Death in the US Army: In Corpore Sano

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 264, Issue 17, 1990, Pages 2241-2244

  Rothberg, Joseph M ^a   Bartone, Paul T ^a   Holloway, Harry C ^b   Marlowe, David H ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLACKS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025186367     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450170089028     Document Type: Article

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