A civilian perspective on ballistic trauma and gunshot injuries
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A civilian perspective on ballistic trauma and gunshot injuries
BACKGROUND Gun violence is on the rise in some European countries, however most of the literature on gunshot injuries pertains to military weaponry and is difficult to apply to civilians, due to dissimilarities in wound contamination and wounding potential of firearms and ammunition. Gunshot injuries in civilians have more focal injury patterns and should be considered distinct entities. METH...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-18-35