The Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Humanitarian Assistance mission in Pakistan: The primary care experience

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 471-477

  Fernald, John P ^a   Clawson, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a Landstuhl Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b Baumholder US Army Health Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

EID: 34248513246     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.5.471     Document Type: Article

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