Air-powered guns: Too much firepower to be a toy

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 674-678

  Bond, Sheldon J ^a   Schnier, Gregory C ^a   Miller, Frank B ^a  

^a KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

BB gun injuries; Pediatric penetrating trauma; Pellet gun injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SKULL INJURY; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA;

EID: 0029959784     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199610000-00013     Document Type: Article

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