Mechanism of injury in gunshot wounds: Myths and reality

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Silvia, A J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ballistics; Gunshot wounds; Mechanism of injury; Wound characteristics

Indexed keywords

GUNSHOT INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; JUSTICE; LEGAL ASPECT; LITERATURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032935197     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-199905000-00009     Document Type: Review

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