The ins and outs of terrorist bus explosions: Injury profiles of on-board explosions versus explosions occurring adjacent to a bus

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-43

  Golan, Ron ^a   Soffer, Dror ^b   Givon, Adi ^a   Peleg, Kobi ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Bus explosions; Explosive injury patterns; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; DRIVER; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPLOSION; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS DISASTER; MOTOR VEHICLE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL WOUND; TERRORISM; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM; WOUND CARE; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CAR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SURVIVAL; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; AUTOMOBILES; BLAST INJURIES; BURNS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ISRAEL; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERRORISM; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84889085714     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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