Changes over time in the "healthy soldier effect"
Open Access
- 14 March 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Population Health Metrics
- Vol. 9 (1) , 7
Abstract
Death rates in military populations outside of combat are often lower than those in the general population. This study considers how this "healthy soldier effect" changes over time.Keywords
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