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. 2002 Apr;86(4):234–235. doi: 10.1136/adc.86.4.234

Air weapon injuries: a serious and persistent problem

H Ceylan 1, A McGowan 1, M Stringer 1
PMCID: PMC1719169  PMID: 11919092

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Notifiable offences recorded by the police in which air weapons were involved and were reported to cause injury (Crime Statistics, England and Wales, 1999).22

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