A decade of advances in military trauma

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-131

  Glassberg, Elon ^a   Nadler, R ^a   Erlich, T ^a   Klien, Y ^b   Kreiss, Y ^a,c   Kluger, Y ^d  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Combat casualty care; Damage control resuscitation; Military; Point of injury; Prehospital; Preventable death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902658466     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1457496914523413     Document Type: Review

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