Paediatric admissions to the British military hospital at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-57

  Arul, G S ^a   Reynolds, J ^a   DiRusso, S ^a   Scott, A ^a   Bree, S ^a   Templeton, P ^a   Midwinter, M J ^a  

^a UK Medical Treatment Facility   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Battlefield injuries; Blast injuries; Gunshot wounds; Landmines; Military; Pediatrics; Trauma; War; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURN; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLAST INJURIES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84855929307     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588412X13171221499027     Document Type: Article

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