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Military Medicine

Fatal Airway Injuries during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom

Robert L. Mabry From the United States Army Department of Combat Medic Training (RLM), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (JWE, JFK), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner (LP, HH), Rockville, Maryland. Revision received November 12, 2009; accepted for publication November 20, 2009.Correspondence[email protected]
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Jason W. Edens From the United States Army Department of Combat Medic Training (RLM), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (JWE, JFK), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner (LP, HH), Rockville, Maryland. Revision received November 12, 2009; accepted for publication November 20, 2009.
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Lisa Pearse From the United States Army Department of Combat Medic Training (RLM), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (JWE, JFK), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner (LP, HH), Rockville, Maryland. Revision received November 12, 2009; accepted for publication November 20, 2009.
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Joseph F. Kelly From the United States Army Department of Combat Medic Training (RLM), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (JWE, JFK), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner (LP, HH), Rockville, Maryland. Revision received November 12, 2009; accepted for publication November 20, 2009.
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Howard Harke From the United States Army Department of Combat Medic Training (RLM), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (JWE, JFK), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner (LP, HH), Rockville, Maryland. Revision received November 12, 2009; accepted for publication November 20, 2009.
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Pages 272-277 | Received 11 May 2009, Accepted 20 Nov 2009, Published online: 03 Mar 2010

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