Surgical treatment of 1,211 patients at the Vinkovci General Hospital, Vinkovci, Croatia, during the 1991-1992 Serbian offensive in East Slavonia

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 803-808

  Hodalić, Željko ^b   Švagelj, Marija ^b   Šebalj, Ivan ^a   Šebalj, Durda ^b  

^a General Hospital Vinkovci   (Croatia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CROATIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

EID: 0032696436     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.11.803     Document Type: Article

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