Return to duty rate of amputee soldiers in the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1476-1479

  Stinner, Daniel J ^a   Burns, Travis C ^b   Kirk, Kevin L ^b   Ficke, James R ^b  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputee Soldier; Return to Duty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953780518     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181bb9a6c     Document Type: Article

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