Herniated nucleus pulposus: Rates and outcomes among U.S. Army aviators

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 338-340

  Mason, Kevin T ^a,b   Harper, Jennifer P ^a   Shannon, Samuel G ^a  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USAARL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AIRPLANE CREW; ARMY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029964043     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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