Shotgun slug injuries: Case report and literature review

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 650-653

  Gestring, Mark L ^a   Geller, Evan R ^a   Akkad, Nabil ^a   Bongiovanni, Peter J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; BULLET; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVISCERATION; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM;

EID: 0029986576     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199604000-00025     Document Type: Article

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