Death among U.S. Air Force basic trainees, 1956 to 1996

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 841-847

  Neuhauser, Katerina M ^a   Neuhauser, Thomas S ^a   Drehner, Dennis ^a   Blackwood, George V ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; STRESS; SUICIDE; TRAINING;

EID: 0033461790     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.12.841     Document Type: Article

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