Utilization of surgical resources during the USNS COMFORT humanitarian mission to the Americas, june to october 2007

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 638-646

  Hartgerink, Bradley J ^a   Chapman, Louisa E ^b   Stevenson, John ^b   Donahue, Timothy F ^c,d   Pagliara, Claire ^a  

^a Bureau of Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d USNS COMFORT (T AH 20)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SHIP; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALTRUISM; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; NAVAL MEDICINE; SHIPS; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956493937     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00162     Document Type: Article

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