Combat wounds in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2005 to 2009

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Belmont, Philip J ^a   McCriskin, Brendan J ^a   Sieg, Ryan N ^a   Burks, Robert ^b   Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a  

^a Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGISTRIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84864186066     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318250bfb4     Document Type: Article

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