Gunshot injuries - Incidence and treatment;Schussverletzungen - Ihre Inzidenz und Versorgung

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-371

  Figl, M ^a   Weninger, P ^a   Hertz, H ^a  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Bohler   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gunshot injuries; Incidence; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 34548388442     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-981203     Document Type: Article

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