2. A fatal nail gun injury - An unusual ricochet?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-87

  Nadesan, Kasinathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CASE REPORT; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0033631025     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240004000116     Document Type: Article

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