Primary blast injuries - An updated concise review

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 966-972

  Yeh, Daniel Dante ^a   Schecter, William P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLAST INJURY; CLASSIFICATION; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REVIEW; TERRORISM;

BLAST INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; TERRORISM; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84863727197     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1500-9     Document Type: Review

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