Operational impact of health problems observed during a four-month military deployment in Ivory Coast

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 921-928

  Sauvet, Fabien ^a   Lebeau, Christian ^b   Foucher, Stéphane ^c   Flusain, Olivier ^a   Jouanin, Jean Claude ^a   Debonne, Jean Marc ^d  

^a Army Biomedical Research Institute   (France)

^b 21st Marine Infantry Regiment 6th Light Armored Brigade ^*  (France)

^c ORANGE LABS   (France)

^d Military Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70350728816     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-05-1008     Document Type: Article

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