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Compulsory military service as a measure of later physical and cognitive performance in male survivors of childhood cancer

Authors: Ritva Ahomäki, Arja Harila-Saari, Kai Parkkola, Jaakko Matomäki, Päivi M. Lähteenmäki

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Publication year: 2017

Journal: Acta Oncologica

Journal name in source: Acta Oncologica

Volume: 56

Issue: 12

First page : 1712

Last page: 1719

Number of pages: 8

ISSN: 1651-226X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2017.1351037

Abstract

Conclusions: Exemption from service is still common under the current guidelines, but fit-for-service survivors do well in military education. These results can be used for reassuring survivors that completion of military service is possible for those fulfilling the national general guidelines for military fitness.