Preventing Deaths in the Canadian Military

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-339

  Tien, Homer C N ^a,b   Acharya, Sanjay ^b   Redelmeier, Donald A ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 76549101298     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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