Influence of boot-sock systems on frequency and severity of foot blisters

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 594-598

  Knapik, Joseph J ^a   Hamlet, Murray P ^b   Thompson, Kenneth J ^b   Jones, Bruce H ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c US Army Ctr Hlth Prom/PM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CELLULITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; SHOE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 10244244994     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.10.594     Document Type: Article

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