Nontraumatic exercise-related deaths in the U.S. military, 1996-1999

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 964-970

  Gutmann, Frank D ^a   Gardner, John W ^a,b   Potter, Robert N ^b   Kark, John A ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNNING; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036902892     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.12.964     Document Type: Article

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