Editorial: Firearm injuries: Surgical perspective

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 105-106

  Saidi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; KENYA; NOTE; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; KENYA; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 46649089524     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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