Management of gunshot wounds at a Sydney teaching hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-215

  Chambers, Anthony J ^a   Lord, Reginald S A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Firearms; Gunshot wounds; Penetrating wounds; Retrospective study; Violence; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0034129339     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01788.x     Document Type: Article

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