Biomechanics of penetrating trauma

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 485-501

  Yoganandan, Narayan ^a,b   Pintar, Frank A ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury analysis; Penetrating trauma; Projectile; Secondary prevention; Trauma biomechanics

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TISSUE;

INJURY ANALYSIS; PENETRATING INJURY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRAUMA BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031396144     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v25.i6.10     Document Type: Review

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