Blisters on the battlefield: The prevalence of and factors associated with foot friction blisters during Operation Iraqi freedom I

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-162

  Brennan, Fred H ^a   Jackson, Cody R ^b   Olsen, Cara ^c   Wilson, Cindy ^c  

^a Seacoast Orthopedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b Branch Health Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; FRICTION; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLISTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; FRICTION; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856685627     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00325     Document Type: Article

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