The occupational role of women in military service: Validation of occupation and prevalence of exposures in the Millennium Cohort Study

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-284

  Smith, Tyler C ^a   Jacobson, Isabel G ^a   Smith, Besa ^a   Hooper, Tomoko I ^b   Ryan, Margaret A K ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Depleted uranium; Military medicine; Military personnel; Occupational exposures; Veterans

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; URANIUM;

COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER ROLE; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MILITARY SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URANIUM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447118853     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701372243     Document Type: Article

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