Military occupation and deployment: Descriptive epidemiology of active duty U.S. army men evaluated for a disability discharge

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 708-714

  Gubata, Marlene E ^a   Piccirillo, Amanda L ^a,b   Packnett, Elizabeth R ^a,b   Cowan, David N ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Allied Technology Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879731843     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00542     Document Type: Article

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