Assessment of recruit motivation and strength study: Preaccession physical fitness assessment predicts early attrition

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-562

  Niebuhr, David W ^a   Scott, Christine T ^a   Powers, Timothy E ^a   Li, Yuanzhang ^a   Han, Weiwei ^a   Millikan, Amy M ^a   Krauss, Margot R ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY RESEARCH; MILITARY SERVICE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TRAINING;

EID: 45749132540     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.6.555     Document Type: Article

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