Ballistics: A primer for the surgeon

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-379

  Volgas, David A ^a   Stannard, James P ^a   Alonso, Jorge E ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic injury; Ballistics; Gunshot wounds; Penetrating trauma

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; WEAPON;

EID: 13844275010     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.08.037     Document Type: Review

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