Injuries from combat explosions in Iraq: Injury type, location, and severity

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1678-1682

  Eskridge, Susan L ^a   MacEra, Caroline A ^a,b   Galarneau, Michael R ^a   Holbrook, Troy L ^a   Woodruff, Susan I ^b   MacGregor, Andrew J ^a   Morton, Deborah J ^c   Shaffer, Richard A ^a,b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Blasts; Explosions; Military

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BODY REGIONS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLOSION; FACE INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LEG; LEG INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRUNK; WOUND;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865448232     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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