Apples and oranges: Looking forward to the next generation of combat casualty care statistics

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 683-686

  Glassberg, Elon ^a   Lipsky, Ari M ^a   Abramovich, Amir ^a   Dagan, David ^a   Kreiss, Yitshak ^a  

^a Medical Corps   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTLE INJURY; CASE FATALITY RATE; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84875233559     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827a0601     Document Type: Note

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