Face, neck, and eye protection: Adapting body armour to counter the changing patterns of injuries on the battlefield

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 602-606

  Breeze, J ^a   Horsfall, I ^b   Hepper, A ^c   Clasper, J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Defence Academy of the United Kingdom   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armour; Eye; Face; Military; Neck; Protection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENGINEERING; EYE; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; FACE; FACE INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NECK; NECK INJURY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIENTIST; SOLDIER; SURGEON;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FACIAL INJURIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; ISRAEL; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NECK INJURIES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 82355181207     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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