Suicide bombers form a new injury profile

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 244, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1018-1023

  Aharonson Daniel, Limor ^a   Klein, Yoram ^b   Peleg, Kobi ^a   Alficci, R ^c   Jeroukhimov, J ^c   Kessel, B ^c   Klein, Y ^c   Michelson, M ^c   Rivkind, A ^c   Shaked, G ^c   Simon, D ^c   Soffer, D ^c   Stein, M ^c   Waxman, I ^c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BURN; CHILD; CLOTHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAIR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NERVE INJURY; OPERATING ROOM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERRORISM; THORACOTOMY; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; TERRORISM;

EID: 33751317207     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000225355.06362.0f     Document Type: Article

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