Wartime lessons - Shaping a national trauma action plan

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1612-1615

  Rasmussen, Todd E ^a,b   Kellermann, Arthur L ^b  

^a U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; BATTLE INJURY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; IRAQ; LIMB INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; REGISTER; SOLDIER; TRAUMATOLOGY; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGISTRIES; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84992756956     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1607636     Document Type: Review

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