Severe lung contusion and death after high-velocity behind-armor blunt trauma: Relation to protection level

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1110-1116

  Gryth, Dan ^a,c   Rocksén, David ^b   Persson, Jonas K E ^a,b   Arborelius, Ulf P ^b   Drobin, Dan ^b,c   Bursell, Jenny ^b   Olsson, Lars Gunnar ^b   Kjellström, Thomas B ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHIND ARMOR BLUNT TRAUMA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOMA; ISCHEMIA; LUNG CONTUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE VEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SWINE; VELOCITY;

EID: 35348860827     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.10.1110     Document Type: Article

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