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Table 7.1. Expected Injuries at Relative Distances from Detonation in Open Air

Injury Closest           Farthest
Body disruption ●            
Burn/inhalation ●            
Toxic inhalation ● ●          
Amputation ● ● ●        
Primary blast injury, lung and bowel ● ● ● ●      
Tertiary mechanism ● ● ● ● ●    
Primary blast injury, ear ● ● ● ● ● ●  
Secondary mechanism ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

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