Blast injuries: Bus versus open-air bombings - A comparative study of injuries in survivors of open-air versus confined-space explosions

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1030-1035

  Leibovici, Dan ^a   Gofrit, Ofer N ^a,d   Stein, Michael ^a,c   Shapira, Shmuel C ^b   Noga, Yossi ^a   Heruti, Rafael J ^a   Shemer, Joshua ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bombings; Confined space; Explosions; Open air

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030462978     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199612000-00015     Document Type: Article

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