Health assessment of U.S. Army rangers

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-62

  Sridhar, Anjali ^a   Deuster, Patricia A ^a   Becker, William J ^a   Coll, Regina ^a   O'Brien, Karen K ^a   Bathalon, Gaston ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CREATINE; EPHEDRINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037229357     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/miled.168.1.57     Document Type: Article

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