Open AccessPast Trends and Current Status of Self-Reported Incidence and Impact of Disease and Nonbattle Injury in Military Operations in Southwest Asia and the Middle East
Author(s) -
Mark S. Riddle,
David R. Tribble,
Shan D. Putnam,
Manal Mostafa,
Theodore R. Brown,
Andrew G. Letizia,
Adam W. Armstrong,
John W. Sanders
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.131680
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , diarrhea , public health , disease , environmental health , disease burden , epidemiology , military personnel , demography , nursing , physics , sociology , optics , political science , law
To evaluate the evolutional changes in disease and nonbattle injury in a long-term deployment setting, we investigated trends of selected disease and nonbattle injury (NBI) incidence among US military personnel deployed in ongoing military operations in Southwest Asia and the Middle East.