Military medicine in China: old topic, new concept.
Military medicine is important in both war and peace. In China, military medicine plays a key role in supporting and maintaining health, in preventing injuries and diseases in military staff and in enhancing the military armed forces during war. Additionally, military medicine participates in actions such as emergency public health crises, natural disasters, emerging conflicts and anti-terrorist campaigns during peacetime. In this paper, we summary the current condition and achievements in military medicine in China and provide our perspective for its future.
Key Laboratory of Wound Repair and Regeneration of PLA, College of Life Sciences, General Hospital of PLA, Medical College of PLA, 28 Fu Xing Road, Beijing, 100853 P.R. China.
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China; Military epidemiology; Military medicine; Sanitary science; Surgery