Suicidal nonfatal impalement injury of the thorax

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1364-1366

  Cartwright, Anthony J ^a   Taams, Karel O ^a   Unsworth White, M Jonathan ^a   Mahmood, Nilofer ^a   Murphy, Peter M ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL; THORAX INJURY; THORAX SURGERY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CLAVICLE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; RIB FRACTURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; THORACIC INJURIES; WOOD; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0034778287     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02471-1     Document Type: Article

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