Injuries caused by the attenuated energy projectile: The latest less lethal option

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-105

  Maguire, Kevin ^a   Hughes, Declan M ^b   Fitzpatrick, M Sinead ^c   Dunn, Fergal ^d   Rocke, Laurence G R ^b   Baird, Catherine J ^b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ATTENUATED ENERGY PROJECTILE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CIVIL DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LEG INJURY; LETHALITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY; TUBE; WEAPON;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FIREARMS; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIOTS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33846834066     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.039503     Document Type: Review

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