Prevalence of adverse behaviors among young military conscripts in Taiwan

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-305

  Chu, Nain Feng ^a,b   Wu, Der Min ^a   Shen, Muh Han ^a   Lin, Yaoh Shiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MILITARY SERVICE; NAVY; NORMAL HUMAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646053168     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.4.301     Document Type: Article

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