Influence of Different Types of Guns, Projectiles, and Propellants on Patterns of Injury to the Viscerocranium

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 775-781

  Stuehmer, Constantin ^a   Blum, Katrin S ^a   Kokemueller, Horst ^a   Tavassol, Frank ^a   Bormann, Kai Hendrik ^a   Gellrich, Nils Claudius ^a   Rücker, Martin ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPELLANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FOREIGN BODIES; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62349108647     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.08.036     Document Type: Article

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