Gunshot injuries: What does a radiologist need to know?

Radiographics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1358-1368

  Wilson, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign bodies; Gunshot injuries, **4352; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

FIREARMS; HUMANS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0033190950     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.19.5.g99se171358     Document Type: Article

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