Are injuries from terror and war similar?: A comparison study of civilians and soldiers

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Peleg, Kobi ^a,b   Jaffe, Dena H ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TERRORISM; WAR;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERRORISM; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955174461     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e98588     Document Type: Article

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