A roentgen centennial legacy: The first use of the X-ray by the U.S. Military in the Spanish-American war

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 551-554

  Keller, Thomas M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MILITARY MEDICINE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WAR; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030782495     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.8.551     Document Type: Review

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