Leading cause of medical evacuation out of war zones: It's not combat injury

Friday, January 22, 2010 - 23:35 in Health & Medicine

The most common reasons for medical evacuation of military personnel from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years have been fractures, tendinitis and other musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders, not combat injuries, according to new results.

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