Military aeromedical evacuations from Central and Southwest Asia for ill-defined dermatologic diseases

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-170

  McGraw, Timothy A ^a,c,d   Norton, Scott A ^b  

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

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d SAF AQRT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; DERMATITIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MILITARY MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SOLDIER; SOUTH ASIA; URTICARIA; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AIR AMBULANCES; CLIMATE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349127550     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2008.554     Document Type: Article

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