Thoracic Spine Compression Fracture After TASER Activation

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-285

  Sloane, Christian M ^a   Chan, Theodore C ^a   Vilke, Gary M ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

conductive energy devices; police; stun guns; TASER

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DEVICE; DIAPHORESIS; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLOR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WEAPON;

ADULT; FIREARMS; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 40649093048     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.06.034     Document Type: Article

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