A study of cancer in the military beneficiary population

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1084-1088

  Crawford III, Raymond Shelton ^a   Wu, Julian ^a,b   Park, Dae ^a   Barbour, Galen Lane ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348813771     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.10.1084     Document Type: Article

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