Tactical combat casualty care 2007: Evolving concepts and battlefield experience

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 1-19

  Butler Jr , Frank K ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a   Giebner, Stephen D ^a   McSwain, Norman E ^a   Bagian, James ^a  

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BATTLE INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 36048960107     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/milmed.172.supplement_1.1     Document Type: Review

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