Blood-Stained Combat Boots and Acute Pain Medicine
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The comparative behaviour of two combat boots under impact.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1526-2375,1526-4637
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00700_2.x