A review of the long-term health outcomes associated with war-related amputation

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 588-592

  Robbins, Christopher B ^a   Vreeman, Daniel J ^a   Sothmann, Mark S ^b   Wilson, Stephen L ^c   Oidridge, Neil B ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; TIME; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARTHRALGIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHANTOM LIMB; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77949419154     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-00-0608     Document Type: Review

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