Neoplasms in the Navy, 1998-2000: A descriptive analysis of the Physical Evaluation Board database

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 707-711

  Ajene, Anuli ^a   Bohnker, Bruce ^a   Malakooti, Mark A ^a   Riegodedios, Asha ^a   Sack, David M ^a  

^a Navy Environmental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAVY; NEOPLASM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAVAL MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544370845     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.9.707     Document Type: Article

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