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New scaling law helps estimate humans’ risk of blast-induced traumatic brain injury

September 30, 2014 by

Since the start of the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 300,000 soldiers have returned to the United States with traumatic brain injury caused by exposure to bomb blasts -- and in particular, exposure to improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. Now, a new scaling law helps estimate humans' risk of blast-induced traumatic brain injury.

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