Chronic back disability: USAF officers at separation and exposure to +Gz

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-224

  Voge, Victoria M ^a   Tolan, Gil D ^b   Nixon, William E ^b  

^a San Diego Detachment   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; GRAVITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029873632     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.4.221     Document Type: Article

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