Assessing the severity of truncal gunshot wounds: A nation-wide analysis from Finland

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 246-251

  Streng, M ^a   Tikka, S ^a   Leppäniemi, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Firearm injuries; Gunshot wounds; Penetrating thoracic injuries; Shotgun wounds

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINLAND; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; TUBE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0035704449     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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