Physical fitness influences stress reactions to extreme military training

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 738-742

  Taylor, Marcus K ^a   Markham, Amanda E ^f   Reis, Jared P ^b   Padilla, Genieleah A ^a   Potterat, Eric G ^c   Drummond, Sean P A ^d   Mujica Parodi, Lilianne R ^e  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^f Dept 162 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FITNESS; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SELF REPORT; STRESS; SURVIVAL; TRAINING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 49749144735     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.8.738     Document Type: Article

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