Parachuting injuries during operation Royal Dragon, big drop III, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, May 15/16, 1996

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-43

  Craig, Stephen C ^a   Zugner, Donald ^a   Knapik, Joseph J ^a   Bricknell, Martin C M ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BATTLE INJURY; EQUIPMENT; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARACHUTIST; SOLDIER; SPRAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT;

EID: 0344096763     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.1.41     Document Type: Article

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