Combat orthopaedics: A view from the trenches

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Covey, Dana C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WAR;

HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548752062     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200600001-00004     Document Type: Article

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