Injuries and illnesses among armor brigade soldiers during operational training

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1051-1056

  Darakjy, Salima ^a   Marin, Roberto E ^a,b   Knapik, Joseph J ^a   Jones, Bruce H ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 1st Cavalry Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INJURY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751099303     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.11.1051     Document Type: Article

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