Traumatic Brain Injury and the Military Health System

Systems Engineering to Improve Traumatic Brain Injury Care in the Military Health System

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 31-47

  Jaffee, Michael S ^a,b  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

HEALTH SYSTEMS; MEDICAL CENTER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BRAIN;

EID: 84982950651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/12504     Document Type: Chapter

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