Neurosurgery in Rwanda during a United Nations peace-keeping mission

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 311-314

  Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,b  

^a UNAMIR II   (Rwanda)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROSURGERY; RWANDA; SKULL FRACTURE; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0030900102     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.5.311     Document Type: Article

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