Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 12 , Pages 1336-1340 , December 1991

The role of military emergency physicians in an assault operation in Panama

    LTC MC USA
  • William H Dice

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: LTC William H Dice, MC, OASD (HA), Room 1C545, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301.

Received 22 May 1990 ,Revised 7 January 1991 ,Accepted 27 February 1991.

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 Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1990.

 The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the author and are not to be construed as representing the view of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 12 , Pages 1336-1340 , December 1991

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