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Soft Tissue Infection after Missile Injuries to the Extremities. A Non-randomized, Prospective Study in Gaza City

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Eivind Witsø ,
Øystein P. Nygaard  and
Hazem Hamouda
Eivind Witsø*
Affiliation:
Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Al Quds Hospital, Tel Al Hawa, Gaza City, Gaza Palestinian Authority St. Olav's University Hospital, Norwegian University of Science Trondheim, Norway
Øystein P. Nygaard
Affiliation:
Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Al Quds Hospital, Tel Al Hawa, Gaza City, Gaza Palestinian Authority St. Olav's University Hospital, Norwegian University of Science Trondheim, Norway
Hazem Hamouda
Affiliation:
Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Al Quds Hospital, Tel Al Hawa, Gaza City, Gaza Palestinian Authority St. Olav's University Hospital, Norwegian University of Science Trondheim, Norway
*
E-mail: [email protected]
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 243 - 244
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2007

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