Humanitarian aid mission in East Timor: Experiences of U.S. naval medical services

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Won, Erik ^a   Ancona, Michael ^b   Carrigan, Kenichi ^c   Laverty, Bruce ^b   Rhee, Peter ^b  

^a Aviation Combat Element   (United States)

^b Fleet Surgical Team 9   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; NAVY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; TIMOR-LESTE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32944457939     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.1.29     Document Type: Article

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