Body piercing in the accident and emergency department

Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 418-421

  Khanna, Rakesh ^a   Kumar, S Sathish ^a   Raju, B Srinivasa ^a   Kumar, A V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Body piercing; Jewellery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY PIERCING; ESTHETIC SURGERY; INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 0032728749     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.16.6.418     Document Type: Article

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