Protection of the lung from blast overpressure by thoracic stress wave decouplers

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Cooper, G J ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLAST INJURY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHOCK WAVE; STRESS; SWINE;

EID: 0029873709     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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