Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries: Effects of Explosion and Blast from Military Operations and Acts of Terrorism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780123695147)

Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries is an authoritative text that brings together diverse knowledge gained from both the experience of clinicians treating blast casualties and the insights of scientists obtained from research and modeling of blast exposures. By providing information on explosion and blast injury patterns, as well as the mechanism of blast-induced injuries, it is a useful reference for both physicians and researchers. With contributions by experts from around the globe, the book covers topics such as the epidemiology of blast and explosion injury, pathology and pathophysiology, and the modeling and mechanism of injury. Finally, this book might stimulate additional studies into ways to improve our current mass casualty response systems.

Author: Nabil M. Elsayed Ph. D., James L. Atkins MD Ph. D.
ISBN-10: 0123695147
ISBN-13: 9780123695147
Publisher: Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.41lbs
Size: 9.94h x 7.45w x 0.96d