Laser ignition of traumatically embedded firework debris

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-158

  Taylor, Charles R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wellman Labs of Photomedicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Firework debris; Q switched ruby laser; Traumatic tattoo

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TATTOO;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; CICATRIX; DEBRIDEMENT; ESTHETICS; FACIAL INJURIES; FIRES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; SKIN; TATTOOING;

EID: 0031909091     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1998)22:3<157::AID-LSM2>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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