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Cigars-for-Blunts

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2006
An important part of blunt (marijuana in a cigar shell) smoking is the ritual of the preparation process and the selection of tobacco product for the blunt. This article explores reasons for selection from the different tobacco products available in the legal commercial market. Based upon three years of ethnographic research with 92 focal subjects, the
Stephen J, Sifaneck   +2 more
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Blunt Aortic Injury

New England Journal of Medicine, 2008
Blunt aortic injury occurs after sudden deceleration, and it is second only to head injury as the leading cause of death after automobile crashes.
David G, Neschis   +3 more
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Blunt Gastric Injuries

The American Surgeon™, 2007
Gastric rupture after blunt abdominal trauma is a rare injury with few reports in the literature. The purpose of this study was to review our experience with blunt gastric injuries and compare outcomes with small bowel or colon injuries. All patients with hollow viscus perforations after blunt abdominal trauma from 1992 to 2005 at our level I trauma ...
Didem, Oncel   +4 more
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BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1996
Assessment and management of patients with blunt abdominal trauma remains a challenge for emergency physicians. The spectrum of injury ranges from the trivial to the catastrophic and the initial assessment, resuscitation, and investigation of patients with abdominal trauma must be individualized.
B R, Boulanger, B A, McLellan
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The voter’s blunt tool

Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2012
When do voters win? We derive conditions under which a democracy will produce policies that favor the voter over special interests in a setting where politicians can be influenced by contributions from special interests, and are also motivated by electoral incentives.
T. Renee Bowen, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo
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Blunt Abdominal Trauma

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1989
Blunt abdominal trauma results in potentially life-threatening injuries that require organized rapid evaluation and treatment. Resuscitation of hemodynamically unstable patients should be completed in the operating room if retroperitoneal hemorrhage is not strongly suspected.
N, Smedira, W P, Schecter
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The Heart in Blunt Trauma

Anesthesiology, 2001
DIAGNOSIS of lesions of the heart related to blunt trauma is a challenge, mainly because of confusion about the terms used and the absence of recognized standards. It has been recommended that the term myocardial contusion be avoided and that the term blunt cardiac trauma be used only in the presence of pump failure or malignant cardiac rhythms.
G, Orliaguet, M, Ferjani, B, Riou
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