Aeromedical evacuations from Operation Iraqi Freedom: A descriptive study

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 521-527

  Harman, Dale R ^a   Hooper, Tomoko I ^a   Gackstetter, Gary D ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MEDICAL RECORD; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 20444449786     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.6.521     Document Type: Article

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