Brain injury risk from primary blast

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 895-901

  Rafaels, Karin A ^b   Bass, Cameron R Dale ^e   Panzer, Matthew B ^e   Salzar, Robert S ^b   Woods, William A ^a   Feldman, Sanford H ^c   Walilko, Tim ⁱ   Kent, Richard W ^b   Capehart, Bruce P ^f,g,h   Foster, Jonathan B ^b   Derkunt, Burcu ^b   Toman, Amanda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Technical Support Working Group   (United States)

^e Duke University   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Operation Enduring Freedom   (United States)

^h DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Rocky Mountain Division   (United States)

Author keywords

brain injury; ferret; injury risk; Primary blast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FERRET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MENINGEAL HEMORRHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLOSIONS; FERRETS; MALE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84867092194     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825a760e     Document Type: Article

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