Investigating the respiratory health of deployed military personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1157-1161

  Morris, Michael J ^a   Zacher, Lisa L ^a   Jackson, David A ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army Center for Environmental Health Medical Research and Medical Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053507710     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00436     Document Type: Article

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