Battlefield extremity injuries in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 772-777

  Dougherty, Amber L ^a   Mohrle, Charlene R ^a   Galarneau, Michael R ^b   Woodruff, Susan I ^a   Dye, Judy L ^a   Quinn, Kimberly H ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat casualty; Extremity injury; Military; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; LEG INJURY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOMBS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349142170     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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