Epidemiologic Analysis of Warfare: A Historical Review

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 266, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 688-692

  Garfield, Richard M ^a   Neugut, Alfred I ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WAR;

HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 17TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 18TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0025772337     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03470050088028     Document Type: Article

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