Pediatric Surgical Care in a Dutch Military Hospital in Afghanistan

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2413-2421

  Idenburg, Floris J ^a   Van Dongen, Thijs T C F ^b   Tan, Edward C T H ^c   Hamming, Jaap H ^d   Leenen, Luke P H ^b   Hoencamp, Rigo ^a  

^a Royal Netherlands Navy ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84940721615     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3136-z     Document Type: Article

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