Skin disease in British troops in the Bosnian winter

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 548-550

  Smith, Harvey R ^a   Croft, Ashley M ^b  

^a Cable Factory   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b Hq Multinational Division Southwest   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; DRY SKIN; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MILITARY MEDICINE; SKIN DISEASE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

EID: 0030781716     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.8.548     Document Type: Article

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