Impact of explosive devices in modern armed conflicts: In-depth analysis of dutch battle casualties in southern afghanistan

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2551-2557

  Hoencamp, Rigo ^a   Huizinga, Eelco P ^b   Van Dongen, Thijs T C F ^b   Idenburg, Floris J ^c   Ramasamy, Arul ^d   Leenen, Luke P H ^b   Hamming, Jaap F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARM; BLAST INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; LEG; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REGISTER; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORACIC INJURIES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; THORACIC INJURIES; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939883695     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-014-2645-5     Document Type: Article

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