Infection in conflict wounded

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1562, 2011, Pages 204-218

  Eardley, W G P ^a   Brown, K V ^a   Bonner, T J ^a   Green, A D ^a   Clasper, J C ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Infection; Nosocomial; Trauma; War; Wound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; MICROSCOPY; MILITARY INTERVENTION; WOUNDING;

EID: 79251499724     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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