Primary blast survival and injury risk assessment for repeated blast exposures

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 454-466

  Panzer, Matthew B ^a   Bass, Cameron R ^a   Rafaels, Karin A ^b   Shridharani, Jay ^a   Capehart, Bruce P ^c,d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast; Injury risk; Lung injury; Piecewise regression; Repeated exposures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; EXPLOSION; EXPLOSION RISK; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; HYPERBARISM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SEVERITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BLAST INJURIES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860546963     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31821e8270     Document Type: Article

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