Anatomic distribution of bullet head injuries in combat fatalities

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 541-543

  Ran, Yuval ^a   Yagudaev, Michael ^a   Kosashvili, Yona ^a   Yegorov, Yana ^a   Ganor, Ori ^a   Ash, Nachman ^a   Hirschhorn, Gil ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Combat; Distribution; GSW; Head injury; Helmet; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRONTAL BONE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL; TEMPORAL BONE; HELMET; ISRAEL; LEBANON; PATHOLOGY; WAR;

HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEBANON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 77957582361     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e4ec69     Document Type: Article

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