A model of blast overpressure injury to the lung

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-234

  Stuhmiller, James H ^a   Ho, Kevin H H ^a   Vander Vorst, Michael J ^a   Dodd, Kenneth T ^b   Fitzpatrick, Thomas ^b   Mayorga, Maria ^b  

^a TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Injury; Lung

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; CORRELATION METHODS; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHOCK WAVES; TISSUE;

ANIMAL TESTS; BLAST OVERPRESSURE INJURY; CHEST WALL DYNAMICS; LETHALITY; LUNG; PATHOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLOSION; HYPERBARISM; LETHALITY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG VOLUME; LUNG WEIGHT; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; THORAX WALL;

EID: 0030088008     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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