Epidemiology of injuries and illnesses during the United States Air Force Academy 2002 Basic Cadet Training Program: Documenting the need for prevention

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 664-670

  Billings, Christine E ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR FORCE; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; AVIATION; EDUCATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVIATION; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 7044227789     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.8.664     Document Type: Article

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