Self-reported incidence of skin and soft tissue infections among deployed US military

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 213-220

  May, Larissa ^a   Porter, Chad ^b   Tribble, David ^c   Armstrong, Adam ^d   Mostafa, Manal ^e,f   Riddle, Mark ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^f Clinical Trial and Military Surveys Program (CTMS)   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Deployment; Military; Skin and soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARMY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054065520     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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