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Gunshot wound

Known as: Wounds, Gunshot [Disease/Finding], Wound, Gunshot, gunshot injuries 
Disruption of structural continuity of the body as a result of the discharge of firearms.
National Institutes of Health

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Non-accidental injury

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Injury-Specific Correlates of Combat-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Background:The prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) has increased during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan compared with… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Comparison of gunshot injuries caused from Tokarev, Makarov and Glock 19 pistols at different firing distances
Review
2003
Review
2003
Recent developments in methods of chemical analysis in investigations of firearm-related events
A review of recent (approximately the last ten years) developments in the methods used for chemical analysis in investigations of… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Brake linings: a source of non-GSR particles containing lead, barium, and antimony.
The observation of environmental particles similar in composition to gunshot residue (GSR) are not new to forensic experts and… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Helical computed tomographic scan in the evaluation of mediastinal gunshot wounds.
BACKGROUND The standard evaluation of mediastinal gunshot wounds usually requires angiography and either esophagoscopy or… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Site of entrance wound and direction of bullet path in firearm fatalities as indicators of homicide versus suicide.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Emergency medicine in the Persian Gulf War--Part 3: Battlefield casualties.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Laparoscopic evaluation of tangential abdominal gunshot wounds.
The use of laparoscopy in abdominal trauma has been proposed for several decades; however, it has not been widely used. With the… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Cerebrospinal fluid endothelin-1 and endothelin-3 levels in normal and neurosurgical patients: a clinical study and literature review.
Review
1990
Review
1990
Gunshot wounds: 2. Radiology.
Radiologists can contribute substantially to the evaluation and treatment of the patient with a gunshot wound. Plain films, CT… 
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