Tympanic membrane rupture in the survivors of the July 7, 2005, London bombings

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 806-812

  Radford, Peter ^a   Patel, Hasu D L ^a   Hamilton, Nicholas ^a   Collins, Mark ^b   Dryden, Steven ^c  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barotrauma; Blast injuries; Multiple trauma; Tympanic membrane perforation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BLAST INJURY; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM; BAROTRAUMA; CIVIL DISORDER; MASS DISASTER; MULTIPLE TRAUMA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BAROTRAUMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLAST INJURIES; CIVIL DISORDERS; HUMANS; LONDON; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREVALENCE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 84855172491     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811411143     Document Type: Article

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