High-intensity acoustics for military nonlethal applications: A lack of useful systems

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-189

  Jauchem, James R ^a   Cook, Michael C ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BATTLE INJURY; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; NOISE INJURY; REVIEW; SOUND INTENSITY; WEAPON;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BLAST INJURIES; HEARING; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RADIATION INJURIES; SOUND; WAR; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33846895194     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.2.182     Document Type: Review

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