Incidence and epidemiology of casualties treated at the dutch role 2 enhanced medical treatment facility at multi national base Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan in the period 2006-2010

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1713-1718

  Hoencamp, Rigo ^a   Idenburg, Floris J ^b   Hamming, Jaap F ^a   Tan, Edward C T H ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARM; AUSTRALIA; BLAST INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CZECH REPUBLIC; EXPLOSION; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; AUSTRALIA; BLAST INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CZECH REPUBLIC; EXPLOSIONS; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905085072     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-014-2462-x     Document Type: Article

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