Effects of land mines and unexploded ordnance on the pediatric population and comparison with adults in rural Cambodia

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1070-1074

  Bendinelli, Cino ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLINDNESS; CAMBODIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLOSION; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX INJURY; TRUNK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; BLAST INJURIES; BOMBS; CAMBODIA; CAUSALITY; CHILD; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; WAR;

EID: 67349189476     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-9978-5     Document Type: Article

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