Key factors for civilian injuries and deaths from exploding landmines and ordnance

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-201

  Surrency, Amber B ^a   Graitcer, Philip L ^b   Henderson, Alden K ^c  

^a Pakistan/Afghanistan Field Office   (Pakistan)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BOMB; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; BOMBS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34347257095     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.011304     Document Type: Article

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