Biological foreign body implantation in victims of the London July 7th suicide bombings

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 402-404

  Wong, James Min Leong ^a,b   Marsh, Dan ^a   Abu Sitta, Ghassan ^a   Lau, Steven ^a   Mann, Haroon A ^a   Nawabi, Danyal H ^a   Patel, Hasu ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPLOSION; EYE INJURY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM; AMPUTATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLAST INJURY; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; BIOTERRORISM; BLAST INJURIES; BONE AND BONES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646092804     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000203715.31280.65     Document Type: Article

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