The Nature and Incidence of Musculoskeletal Combat Wounds in Iraq and Afghanistan (2005-2009)

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages e107-e113

  Belmont, Philip J ^a   McCriskin, Brendan J ^a   Hsiao, Mark S ^a   Burks, Robert ^a   Nelson, Kenneth J ^b   Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Epidemiology; Musculoskeletal trauma

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AMPUTATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IRAQ; JOINT DISLOCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL COMBAT WOUND; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NAVY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; BLAST INJURIES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84876786040     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3182703188     Document Type: Article

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