Rising threat of terrorist bomb blasts in Karachi - A 5-year study

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 747-751

  Mirza, Farhat Hussain ^a   Parhyar, Hamid Ali ^b   Tirmizi, Syed Zubair Ahmed ^c  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Saheed Muhtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College and Lyari General Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c BAHRIA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bomb blast; Casualties; Explosion; Fatalities

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BODY REGIONS; BOMB; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXPLOSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SHOCK; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM; THORAX INJURY; THREAT; VICTIM;

BOMB BLAST; CASUALTIES; EXPLOSION; FATALITIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLAST INJURIES; BOMBS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHOCK; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885019793     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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