Blunt head trauma or extensive tension pneumothorax?

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, University Medical Centre Charité-University of Berlin, Turmstr. 21, Building N, 10559 Berlin, Germany.

Published: March 2012

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