Management of gunshot wounds: The Johannesburg experience

International Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-98

  MacFarlane, C ^a,b  

^a Gauteng Provincial Government   (South Africa)

^b Emergency Medical Services Training   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gunshot wounds; Management

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0033113468     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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