Prospective Data, experience, and lessons learned at a surgically augmented brigade medical company (Level II+) during the 2007 Iraq surge

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 763-768

  Lesho, Emil ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051611180     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00330     Document Type: Article

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