Skin interface pressure on the NATO litter

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 280-286

  Bridges, Elizabeth J ^a   Schmelz, Joseph O ^a   Mazer, Stephen ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESSURE; SKIN;

EID: 0037387816     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.4.280     Document Type: Article

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