A comparison of injuries, limited-duty days, and injury risk factors in infantry, artillery, construction engineers, and Special Forces soliders

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 702-708

  Reynolds, Katy ^a   Cosio Lima, Ludmila ^a   Bovill, Maria ^b   Tharion, William ^b   Williams, Jeff ^b   Hodges, Tabitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; FITNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77949350625     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-02-2008     Document Type: Article

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