Amputations due to landmine and unexploded ordinances in post-war Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 595-597

  Soroush, Ahmadreza ^a   Falahati, Farahnaz ^b   Zargar, Mousa ^a   Soroush, Mohammadreza ^a   Khateri, Shahriar ^a   Khaji, Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b JANBAZAN MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER JMERC   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amputation; Iran; Landmine; Survivor; War

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANKLE INJURY; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELBOW INJURY; EXPLOSION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; IRAN; KNEE INJURY; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER INJURY; THORAX INJURY; VICTIM; WAR; WRIST INJURY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMPUTATION; BLAST INJURIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449115748     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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