Military candidate health qualification and adjudication

Authors

  • Marcin Żal Provincial Military Staff in Krakow, Kraków, Poland
  • Paweł Więch Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
  • Dorota Bartusik-Aebisher Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5557-5464
  • Grażyna Hejda Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
  • Monika Binkowska-Bury Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1324-590X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15584/ejcem.2018.2.10

Keywords:

legal regulations, civilians subject to military qualifications, health status, army

Abstract

Introduction. This study reviews the link between personal health and military qualifications. It was found that there is evidence of a strong link between obesity levels across young individuals and military qualification adjudication.

Aim. The purpose of the study was to review the literature about significance of the rules for adjudicating on the ability to perform active military service and analysis of the literature regarding the health condition of Polish citizens subject to perform obligatory military service.

Material and methods. Analysis of foreign and Polish literature.

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Published

2018-06-30

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Żal, M., Więch, P., Bartusik-Aebisher, D., Hejda, G., & Binkowska-Bury, M. (2018). Military candidate health qualification and adjudication. European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 16(2), 146–150. https://doi.org/10.15584/ejcem.2018.2.10

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2018)

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