title: [Medical losses of the Soviet troops during the war in Afghanistan (1)].
abstract: The first comprehensive review of the sanitary losses of the Soviet troops in Afghanistan given in detail with the analysis of its formation on the basis of the military situation development and on the nature of combat actions evolution. The article is based on the archives of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces and its Medical Service together with the Department of Defense and the 40th Army documents.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Sinopal'nikov
mesh_terms: D000346:Afghanistan; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D014586:USSR / Q000453:epidemiology; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology