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Penetrating stab wounds to the brain: the timing of angiography in patients presenting with the weapon already removed.

, 1992
Angiography is always necessary in patients with penetrating stab wounds to the head, to exclude unexpected vascular lesions. The most important, since they are seldom clinically evident, are traumatic aneurysms and arteriovenous fistulae.
M. D. Trevou, J. Dellen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Radiologic Signs of Weapons and Munitions: How Will Noncombatants Recognize Them?

American Journal of Roentgenology, 2010
The purpose of this work was to show the radiologic signs named after weapons and munitions along with their military counterparts to help radiologists recognize these signs, which will allow confident interpretation and diagnosis.Numerous pathologic conditions have classic radiologic manifestations that resemble weapons and ammunition.
Jason Clement, Jacqueline A. Brown, Mathew Kuruvilla, Patrick M. Vos, Zeev V. Maizlin   +4 more
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An assessment on levels of radionuclides and trace metals and radiological risk to marine biota in the North-Eastern Mediterranean Sea

The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2023
İdris Koraltan, Olgaç Guven, F. O. Asri, Ozgur Aktas, Ercument Aksoy, G. Yaprak, I. Boztosun, S. Ozmen   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

ESTIMATES OF RADIOLOGICAL RISK FROM DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS IN WAR SCENARIOS

Health Physics, 2002
Several weapons used during the recent conflict in Yugoslavia contain depleted uranium, including missiles and armor-piercing incendiary rounds. Health concern is related to the use of these weapons, because of the heavy-metal toxicity and radioactivity of uranium.
DURANTE, MARCO, PUGLIESE, MARIAGABRIELLA
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Guidelines for Mass Casualty Decontamination During a HAZMAT/Weapon of Mass Destruction Incident, Volumes I and II

, 2009
Weapons and weapon systems/Biological weapons; Weapons and weapon systems/Chemical weapons; Weapons and weapon systems/Nuclear and radiological weapons; Terrorism and threats/Nuclear and radiological terrorism; Terrorism and threats/Biological terrorism;
William A. Lake, P. Schulze, R. Gougelet
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Radiological detection of sharp force skeletal trauma: an evaluation of the sensitivity of Lodox in comparison to CT and X-ray

Zeitschrift für Rechtsmedizin, 2022
A. Spies, M. Steyn, D. Prince, D. Brits
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing Radiological Weapons: Attack Methods and Estimated Effects

2011
In the decade since September 11, 2001, a terrorist attack using radiological materials-usually referred to as a “dirty bomb,” but actually encompassing other means of dispersal-has sometimes seemed inevitable. But terrorists have not yet carried out such an attack.
Michelle M. Smith, Charles D. Ferguson
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RADIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

The Lancet, 1982
Richard Doll, Martin Roth, Alice Roughton, WilliamH. Jopling, HumphreyJ.F. Hodgson, Jeffrey Segall, Alex Poteliakhoff   +6 more
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Radiological-weapons threats: case studies from the extreme right

The Nonproliferation Review, 2020
Violence by far-right extremists has risen globally and domestically in recent years. While most media and academic attention has focused on mass shootings and other deadly conventional attacks, fa...
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Introduction to Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, and Radiological Weapons: With a Review of Their Historical Use

2003
History will record 2001 as a watershed year for the role of organized medicine in the national response to terrorism. Significant terrorist events on U.S. soil, highlighted by the use of explosive weapons and biological agents, has heightened concern for future widespread use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive materials. The
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