Frequency and causes of nonbattle injuries air evacuated from operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, U.S. Army, 2001-2006

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Hauret, Keith G ^a   Taylor, Bonnie J ^a   Clemmons, Nakia S ^a   Block, Suzanne R ^a   Jones, Bruce H ^a  

^a Injury Prevention Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FREEDOM; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAINING; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; EDUCATION; FALLING; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AIR AMBULANCES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR VEHICLES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950110230     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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