Childhood predictors of military fitness: A prospective, community-based, follow-up study from age 8 to age 18

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-154

  Multimäki, Petteri ^a   Sourander, Andre ^a   Nikolakaros, Georgios ^a   Helenius, Hans ^b   Aronen, Eeva ^c   Tamminen, Tuula ^d   Kumpulainen, Kirsti ^e   Moilanen, Irma ^f   Piha, Jorma ^a   Almqvist, Fredrik ^c   Parkkola, Kai ^g  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g Finnish Naval Headquarters   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CHILDREN DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMMUNITY CARE; FINLAND; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MILITARY SERVICE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 39049172271     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.2.146     Document Type: Article

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