Wound ballistics, surgery and the law of war

Trauma

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Coupland, Robin M ^a   Kneubuehl, Beat p ^b   Rowley, David i ^c   Bowyer, Gavin w ^d  

^a Intl Committee of the Red Cross   (Switzerland)

^b Defense Procurement Agency   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fractures; prohibited bullets; tissue damage; wound ballistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997884053     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146040860000200101     Document Type: Article

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