The use of air weapons in attempted suicide

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Campbell Hewson, G ^a   Egleston, C V ^a   Busuttil, A ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL INJURY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030987351     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(96)00148-9     Document Type: Article

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