Injuries from Antitank Mines in Southern Croatia

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 320-324

  Radonić, Vedran ^a   Giunio, Lovel ^a   Biočić, Mihovil ^a   Tripković, Andro ^a   Lukšić, Bruno ^a   Primorac, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ANTITANK MINE INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CROATIA; EXPLOSION; EYE INJURY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; SOLDIER; THORAX INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 1842831226     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.4.320     Document Type: Article

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