Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 194-203 , August 1996

Gunshot Wound Review

Received 25 July 1994 ,Revised 27 July 1995 ,Accepted 26 April 1996.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 194-203 , August 1996