The patient flow of marine disease and nonbattle injury conditions within a multi-echelon system of care

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 731-736

  Blood, Christopher G ^a   Walker, G Jay ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAILOR; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 0344500757     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.10.731     Document Type: Article

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