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A battlefield occupational risk not to be ignored

Anthony D Holley, Daniel J Weber and Michael C Reade
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/mja12.10694
Published online: 17 September 2012

To the Editor: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) ensures outstanding medical care for wounded soldiers by providing skilled field medics, sophisticated evacuation services and excellent in-theatre hospital care.


  • 1 Royal Australian Navy, Brisbane, QLD.
  • 2 Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, Perth, WA.
  • 3 University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.


Correspondence: m.reade@uq.edu.au

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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