Amputation is not isolated: An overview of the US Army Amputee Patient Care Program and Associated Amputee injuries

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Potter, Benjamin K ^a   Scoville, Charles R ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849026435     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200600001-00041     Document Type: Article

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