Humanitarian care by a forward surgical team in Afghanistan

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-388

  Woll, Michael ^a   Brisson, Paul ^b  

^a EVANS ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FORT BELVOIR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ALTRUISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICENTERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875775670     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00411     Document Type: Article

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