Comparison of chronic disease prevalence between U.S. Navy ships without medical doctors and a similar shore-based population

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 543-548

  Hurd, Edward S ^a   Rockswold, Paul D ^b   Westphal, Richard J ^c  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center   (United States)

^c RJ Westphal Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIP; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAVAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIPS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877298526     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00295     Document Type: Article

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