Determining anatomic injury with computed tomography in selected torso gunshot wounds

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 446-456

  Grossman, Michael D ^a,b   May, Addison K ^a   Schwab, C William ^a   Reilly, Patrick M ^a   McMahon, Damian J ^a   Rotondo, Michael ^a   Shapiro, Michael B ^a   Kauder, Donald R ^a   Frankel, Heidi ^a   Anderson III, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

EID: 0031657422     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199809000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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