Army ranger casualty, attrition, and surgery rates for airborne operations in Afghanistan and Iraq

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 833-840

  Kotwal, Russ S ^a   Meyer, David E ^b   O'Connor, Kevin C ^c   Shahbaz, Bruce A ^d   Johnson, Troy R ^e   Sterling, Raymond A ^b   Wenzel, Robert B ^b  

^a Naval Operational Medicine Institute   (United States)

^b 75th Ranger Regiment ^*  (United States)

^c EVANS ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Airborne; Attrition; Casualties; Combat; Iraq; Military; Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Parachute

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAQ; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MILITARY SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PARACHUTIST; WAR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AVIATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4744374794     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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