Comparison of stress fractures of male and female recruits during basic training in the Israeli anti-aircraft forces

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 710-712

  Gam, Arnon ^a   Goldstein, Liav ^a   Karmon, Yuval ^a   Mintser, Igor ^a   Grotto, Itamar ^b   Guri, Alex ^a   Goldberg, Avishay ^c   Ohana, Nissim ^b   Onn, Erez ^b   Levi, Yehezkel ^b   Bar Dayan, Yaron ^a,c  

^a ISRAELI AIR FORCE   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; STRESS FRACTURE; TRAINING;

EID: 23444431829     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.8.710     Document Type: Article

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