Distinguishing realistic military blasts from firecrackers in mitigation studies of blast-induced traumatic brain injury

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Moss, William C ^a   King, Michael J ^a   Blackman, Eric G ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE;

BLAST INJURY; EXPLOSION; FACE; FIRECRACKER; HEAD; HELMET; HUMAN; LETTER; MILITARY BLAST; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SAFETY; SHOCK WAVE; SIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 79955555641     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1101671108     Document Type: Letter

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