Does body armor protect from firearm injuries?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 643-648

  Peleg, Kobi ^a   Rivkind, Avraham ^b   Aharonson Daniel, Limor ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY ARMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ISRAEL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGISTRIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33645285252     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.12.019     Document Type: Article

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