Generalizability of U.S. Air Force studies: 1990 and 2000 demographic distribution comparison of U.S. active duty air force personnel and the U.S. general population

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 911-919

  Folio, Les ^a   Hanson, Eric ^a   Chao, Susan ^a  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036847633     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.11.911     Document Type: Article

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