Analysis of health factors as predictors for the functioning of military personnel: Study of the factors that predict fitness for duty and medical costs of soldiers of the Royal Netherlands Army

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-20

  De Raad, John ^a   Redekop, W Ken ^b  

^a Royal Netherlands Army   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLDIER; WORKLOAD; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 15944372880     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.1.14     Document Type: Article

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