Spine fractures in active duty soldiers and their return to duty rate

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 536-539

  Islinger, Richard B ^a   Kuklo, Timothy R ^a   Polly Jr , David W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOLDIER; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

EID: 0031827769     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.8.536     Document Type: Article

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