Head injury caused by tear gas cartridge in teenage population

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-28

  Abrar, A Wani ^a   Zargar, Javeed ^a   Ramzan, Altaf U ^a   Malik, Nayil K ^a   Qayoom, A ^a   Kirmani, A R ^a   Nizami, Furqan A ^a   Wani, M A ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Head injury; Tear gas cartridge; Teenage

Indexed keywords

TEAR GAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEALED CONTAINER; SKULL FRACTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; INDIA; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; TEAR GASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951968649     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314054     Document Type: Article

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