Abdominal wounds in war

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1505-1511

  Coupland, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLAST INJURY; COLON INJURY; COLON RESECTION; DATA BASE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSILE WOUND; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLDIER; WAR;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; BLAST INJURIES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0029857198     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800831106     Document Type: Review

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