Foot Shape and Its Effect on Functioning in Royal Australian Air Force Recruits. Part 1: Prospective Cohort Study

Military Medicine,  Jul 2005  by Esterman, Adrian,  Pilotto, Louis

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Guarantor: Adrian Esterman, PhD

Contributors: Adrian Esterman, PhD; Louis Pilotto, MBBS PhD

Flinders Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Flinders University. Bedford Park, South Australia SA 5042, Australia.