Incidence and risk factors for lumbar degenerative disc disease in the United States Military 1999-2008

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1320-1324

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a   Nelson, James H ^a   Burks, Robert ^b   Belmont Jr , Philip J ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80355137298     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00061     Document Type: Article

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