Death and injury rates of U.S. military personnel in Iraq

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 220-226

  Goldberg, Matthew S ^a  

^a Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM CONFLICT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77953307592     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00130     Document Type: Article

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