Epidemiology of U.S. Army cold weather injuries, 1980-1999

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 564-570

  DeGroot, David W ^a   Castellani, John W ^a   Williams, Jeffrey O ^c   Amoroso, Paul J ^b  

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

^b Military Performance Division   (United States)

^c Social Sectors Devmt Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold climate; Database; Frostbite; Hypothermia; Immersion foot; TAIHOD; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARMY; ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037739983     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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