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TASER® Conducted Electrical Weapons: Physiology, Pathology, and Law

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 283-300

  Brewer, James E ^b   Kroll, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 77950983629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85475-5_24     Document Type: Chapter

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