The radiological management of bomb blast injury

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Hare, S S ^a   Goddard, I ^b   Ward, P ^a   Naraghi, A ^b   Dick, E A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TERRORISM; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; TERRORISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 37849186359     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.09.013     Document Type: Review

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