Civilian versus military trauma dogma: Who do you trust?

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 256-260

  Wiedeman, James E ^a   Rignault, Daniel P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MAST SUIT; MILITARY MEDICINE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; WAR;

EID: 0033042584     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.4.256     Document Type: Article

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