Factors associated with discharge during marine corps basic training

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 936-941

  Reis, Jared P ^a,b,c,d   Trone, Daniel W ^a,b,c   Macera, Caroline A ^a,b,d   Rauh, Mitchell J ^a,b,d,e  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Scientiflc Applications International Corporation   (United States)

^e ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DISCHARGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAILOR; STRESS FRACTURE; TRAINING; X RAY;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548764476     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.9.936     Document Type: Article

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