Incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in the US military population

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Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-293

  Wolf, Jennifer Moriatis ^a   Mountcastle, Sally ^b   Owens, Brett D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Epidemiology; Military

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949085478     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-009-9166-y     Document Type: Article

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