Terror explosive injuries: A comparison of children, adolescents, and adults

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-143

  Jaffe, Dena H ^a   Peleg, Kobi ^a,b  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HAND INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE INJURY; TERRORISM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; PATHOLOGY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049088161     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b5d7ab     Document Type: Article

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