Rehabilitation outcomes for veterans with polytrauma treated at the Tampa VA

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 221-225

  Siddharthan, Kris ^a   Scott, Steven ^a   Bass, Elizabeth ^a,b   Nelson, Audrey ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat polytrauma; Health outcomes; Rehabilitation; Veterans administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449117181     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.2008.tb00231.x     Document Type: Article

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