Factors affecting use of ballistics gelatin in laboratory studies of bacterial contamination in projectile wounds
Abstract Background Ballistics gelatin is a common tissue surrogate used in bacterial contamination models for projectile wounds. Although these studies have demonstrated that bacteria are transferred from the surface of the gelatin to the wound track by a projectile, quantifiable results have been...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-05-01
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Series: | Military Medical Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40779-018-0164-7 |