Attenuation of blast pressure behind ballistic protective vests

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-25

  Wood, Garrett W ^a   Panzer, Matthew B ^a   Shridharani, Jay K ^a   Matthews, Kyle A ^a   Capehart, Bruce P ^b   Myers, Barry S ^a   Bass, Cameron R ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; PRESSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG INJURY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 84872976719     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040277     Document Type: Article

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