Analysis of medical aid to Croatian Army soldiers wounded at the front line

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Janković, Stipan ^a   Stivičević, Vlasta ^b   Dodig, Goran ^b   Štajner, Ivan ^b   Biočić, Mihovil ^b   Primorac, Dragan ^c  

^a Department of Education   (Croatia)

^b CAMCH   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SOLDIER;

EID: 2642635838     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.1.13     Document Type: Article

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