Health surveillance mechanisms used by armed forces worldwide

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1005-1010

  Capleton, Alexander C ^a   Wickramatillake, Hemantha ^a   Rushton, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOLDIER; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13744254851     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.12.1005     Document Type: Review

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