NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS
- 22 July 1944
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 125 (12) , 821-827
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1944.02850300001001
Abstract
Medicine has played an indispensable role in the creation of our armed forces For nearly four years, doctors have been examining and passing judgment on innumerable thousands ofregistrants. By January of this year more than 13,000,000 examinations were completed. This unprecedented mass of medical data is now being subjected to statistical analyses. Both in quality (medical procedure and judgment) and in quantity (numbers involved) this material far surpasses that of any other survey ever made in the history of our nation. While the primary objective of these examinations was for the selection or rejection ofof men for the military service, there has emerged as a by-product a picture of the health needsKeywords
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