From deadly weapon to toy and back again: The danger of air rifles

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1039-1043

  Naude, Gideon P ^a,b   Bongard, Frederic S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air rifle; BB gun; Carotid; Embolization; Injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030474937     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199612000-00017     Document Type: Article

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