The evolving pattern of war-related injuries from the Afghanistan conflict

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-164

  Al Harby, Saleh W ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER;

EID: 0029870225     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.3.163     Document Type: Article

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