Deaths and injuries due to unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Northern Lao PDR (Laos)

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-304

  Morikawa, Masahiro ^a,c   Taylor, Sebastian ^b   Persons, Marjie ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mines Advisory Group (MAG)   (Laos)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAOS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIET NAM; WAR;

EID: 0031840317     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)80210-6     Document Type: Article

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