Blast iniuries - And the pivotal role of trauma surgeons

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 517-520

  Luks, F I ^a,b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Division of Paediatric Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations; Advanced trauma life support ; ATLS ; Explosion; IED Improvised explosive device; Lung injury; Multiple trauma; Soft tissue trauma; UXO Unexploded ordnance

Indexed keywords

BLAST INJURY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; TRAUMATOLOGY;

BLAST INJURIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 78649618213     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2010.11680667     Document Type: Article

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