Eliminating preventable death on the battlefield

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1350-1358

  Kotwal, Russ S ^a   Montgomery, Harold R ^a   Kotwal, Bari M ^a   Champion, Howard R ^b   Butler Jr , Frank K ^c   Mabry, Robert L ^c   Cain, Jeffrey S ^c   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^c   Mechler, Kathy K ^d   Holcomb, John B ^e  

^a US Army Special Operations Command   (United States)

^b University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c US Army Institute of Surgical Research   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WORK RESUMPTION; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555187180     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.213     Document Type: Article

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