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Military thoracic gunshot wounds: A systematic review Cover

Military thoracic gunshot wounds: A systematic review

By: Amy Pullen,  David Kieser and  Gary Hooper  
Open Access
|Oct 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jms-2021-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1799-3350 | Journal ISSN: 2242-3524
Language: English
Page range: 118 - 129
Submitted on: Jul 5, 2020
Accepted on: Jul 10, 2021
Published on: Oct 1, 2021
Published by: National Defense University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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