The trimodal death distribution of trauma victims: Military experience from the Lebanon war

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-26

  Gofrit, Ofer Nathan ^a,b   Leibovici, Dan ^a   Shapira, Shmuel Chaim ^a,b   Shemer, Joshua ^a,c   Stein, Michael ^a,c   Michaelson, Moshe ^d  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; SOLDIER;

EID: 0031013142     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.1.24     Document Type: Article

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