Estimated incidence of multiple sclerosis among United States armed forces personnel using the defense medical surveillance system

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 594-600

  Deussing, Eric C ^a   Jankosky, Christopher J ^a   Clark, Leslie L ^b   Otto, Jean L ^b  

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

^b Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860621388     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00326     Document Type: Article

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