Severe tyre blast injuries during servicing

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 484-487

  Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Eid, Hani O ^b   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^c  

^a AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Blast injuries; Servicing; Tyre

Indexed keywords

BLAST INJURY; EXPLOSION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; BLAST INJURIES; CONTUSIONS; EXPLOSIONS; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SAFETY;

EID: 67349169774     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.08.042     Document Type: Review

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