Females have a greater incidence of stress fractures than males in both military and athletic populations: A systemic review

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-430

  Wentz, Laurel ^a   Liu, Pei Yang ^a   Haymes, Emily ^a   Ilich, Jasminka Z ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; STRESS FRACTURE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79959803135     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00322     Document Type: Article

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