Improving readiness and fitness of the active military force through occupational medicine tenets

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1065-1071

  Popper, Stephen E ^a   Yourkavitch, Michael S ^b   Schwarz, Bradford W ^b   Wolfe, Mark W ^b   McDaniels, Mark ^b   Hankins, S Todd ^b   Curtis, Theodore E ^b  

^a Occupational Medicine Services   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032806290     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199912000-00010     Document Type: Article

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