The Combat Environment and Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Combat Casualties

Combat: Orthopedic Surgery: Lessons Learned in Irag and Afghanistan

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 13-22

  Belmont, Philip J ^a   Goodman, Gens P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781003523222-3     Document Type: Chapter

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