The effects of residency on physical fitness among military physicians

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 522-525

  Arora, Rajiv ^a   Lettieri, Christopher ^b   Claybaugh, John R ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FITNESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANPOWER; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICIANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 4544256143     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.7.522     Document Type: Article

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