Ballistics for the neurosurgeon

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 472-480

  Jandial, Rahul ^a   Reichwage, Brett ^b,e   Levy, Michael ^a   Duenas, Vincent ^c   Sturdivan, Larry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d LMS Scientific Models   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistics; Brain; Gunshot; Injury; Projectile; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; BLUNT TRAUMA; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FIREARMS; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 41749110440     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316015.05550.7a     Document Type: Article

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