Injury among female and male army parachutists

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1006-1011

  Amoroso, Paul J ^a   Bell, Nicole S ^b   Jones, Bruce H ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Social Sectors Devmt Strategies   (United States)

^c U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARACHUTIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030781449     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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