Radiology of terror injuries: the American University of Beirut Medical Center experience

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-87

  Haddad, Maurice C ^a   Khoury, Nabil J ^a   Hourani, Mukbil H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

CT scan; Imaging; Radiography; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPLOSIVES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

FACIAL BONES; TERRORISM;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BLAST INJURY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING; KNEE INJURY; LACERATION; LIMB INJURY; MALE; ORBIT FRACTURE; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; TERRORISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39649125409     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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