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Editorial Comment: 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

Yaron Bar-Dayan  and
Avishay Goldberg
Yaron Bar-Dayan*
Affiliation:
Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command, Medical Department, Israel Department of Emergency Medicine, Meir Hospital and the Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, and the Department of Healthcare Management, and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Avishay Goldberg
Affiliation:
Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command, Medical Department, Israel
*
Col. Dr. Y. Bar-Dayan MD, MHA 16 Dolev St. Neve Savion, Or-Yehuda, Israel E-mail: bardayan@netvision.net.il
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 109 - 110
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2007

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