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Medical statistics in World War II
JOHN LADA and FRANK A. REISTER (editors), Medical statistics in World War II, Washington D.C., Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1975, 8vo, pp. xvii, 1215, illus., $19.50. In World War II American troops were deployed in eight theatres, forming the largest force ever mobilized by the nation. This book contains, in 1129 pages of tables, the data concerning the battle casualt...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1950
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4661.1044