Air guns: Toys or weapons?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 260-262

  Aslan, Sahin ^a   Uzkeser, Mustafa ^a   Katirci, Yavuz ^a   Cakir, Zeynep ^a   Bilir, Ozlem ^a   Bilge, Fatih ^a   Cakir, Murtaza ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air gun; Blank gun; Head injury; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR GUN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33748250866     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000220919.45493.af     Document Type: Article

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