Practicing Clinical Microbiology in Austere Environments

Microbe

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 297-303

  Craft, David W ^a   van Horn, Gerald ^b   Kallstrom, George ^c   Bowden, Robert ^d   Mahlen, Steven D ^e  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Combat Support Hospital at Camp Cropper ^*  (Iraq)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Army Surgeon General   (United States)

^e MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 79952920564     PISSN: 15587452     EISSN: 15587460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.5.297.1     Document Type: Article

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