Injury occurrence and risk factors in construction engineers and combat artillery soldiers

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 971-977

  Reynolds, Katy ^a   Cosio Lima, Ludmila ^b   Creedon, Joseph ^a   Gregg, Rebecca ^c   Zigmont, Tanya ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LACERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; SPRAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036906353     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.12.971     Document Type: Article

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