Spinal injuries in united states military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan: An epidemiological investigation involving 7877 combat casualties from 2005 to 2009

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1770-1778

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a   Laughlin, Matthew D ^a   McCriskin, Brendan J ^a   Bader, Julia O ^b   Waterman, Brian R ^a   Belmont, Philip J ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

combat; epidemiology; spine trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; NERVE ROOT INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84884816541     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31829ef226     Document Type: Article

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