Research Catalog

Title

Explosion and blast-related injuries : effects of explosion and blast from military operations and acts of terrorism / editors, Nabil M. Elsayed, James L. Atkins ; associate editor, Nikolai V. Gorbunov.

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Elsayed, Nabil Mohamed.
• Atkins, James L.

Description

xv, 380 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Subjects

• Explosions
• Blast injuries
• Blast Injuries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The epidemiology and triage of blast injuries / Richard W. Sattin ... [et al.] -- Explosion injuries treated at combat support hospitals in the global war on terrorism / Charles E. Wade ... [et al.] -- Pathology of human blast lung injury / Michael Tsokos -- Neurotrauma from explosive blast / Geoffrey Ling ... [et al.] -- Effects of blast injury on the autonomic nervous system and the response to resuscitation / Emrys Kirkman ... [et al.] -- Quaternary blast injury: burns / David S. Kauvar ... [et al.] -- Multiscale computational modeling of lung blast injuries / Andrzej Prekwas -- Biochemical mechanism(s) of primary blast injury: the role of free radicals and oxidative stress / Nabil M. Elsayed and Nikolai V. Gorbunov -- Inflammatory response in primary blast injury / Nikolai V. Gorbunov ... [et al.] -- Mass casualty events-suicide bombing: the Israeli perspective / Limor Aharonson-Daniel ... [et al.] -- The Soviet experience in Afghanistan 1980-1989: abdominal blast injury produced by mine explosions / Petr G. Alisov -- Otologic blast trauma: experience from Croatian War / Srećko Branica ... [et al.].

ISBN

• 9780123695147 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0123695147 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007045761

OCLC

• ocn181359032
• 181359032
• SCSB-5416748

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries