Health concerns in UK Armed Forces personnel
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Health concerns in UK Armed Forces personnel.
As a result of the nature of their employment members of the UK Armed Forces may, on occasion, be exposed to physical danger. Although the nature of the occupational hazards they encounter may be predictable, such as enemy action or adverse climactic conditions, they are frequently far more uncertain. Most military professionals acknowledge that they may face danger as part of the job – that is...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.080387