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  1. Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland

    Robin M. Coupland FRCS

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  1. Defense Medical Service and Leonard Cheshire Centre, London, UK

    Peter F. Mahoney OStJ, TD, MSc, MB BS, FRCA, FFARCSI, FIMC RCSEd, DMCC, RAMC

  2. Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK

    Peter F. Mahoney OStJ, TD, MSc, MB BS, FRCA, FFARCSI, FIMC RCSEd, DMCC, RAMC  & James M. Ryan OStJ, MB, BCh, BAO, MCh, FRCS, DMCC, FFAEM  & 

  3. Academic Division of Surgical Specialities, London, UK

    Peter F. Mahoney OStJ, TD, MSc, MB BS, FRCA, FFARCSI, FIMC RCSEd, DMCC, RAMC  & James M. Ryan OStJ, MB, BCh, BAO, MCh, FRCS, DMCC, FFAEM  & 

  4. Leonard Cheshire Centre, London, UK

    James M. Ryan OStJ, MB, BCh, BAO, MCh, FRCS, DMCC, FFAEM

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Adam J. Brooks MB, ChB, FRCS (Gen Surg), DMCC, RAMC(V)  & C. William Schwab MD, FACS, FRCS (Glasg)  & 

  6. Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Adam J. Brooks MB, ChB, FRCS (Gen Surg), DMCC, RAMC(V)  & C. William Schwab MD, FACS, FRCS (Glasg)  & 

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Coupland, R.M. (2005). Ballistic Trauma, Armed Violence, and International Law. In: Mahoney, P.F., Ryan, J.M., Brooks, A.J., William Schwab, C. (eds) Ballistic Trauma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-060-5_6

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