Wisconsin firearm injury surveillance system development: A comparison of medical examiner/coroner data

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 277-282

  Tymus, Traci A ^a   O'Brien, Mallory E ^a   Hargarten, Stephen W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONER; DRUG ABUSE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SUICIDE; WISCONSIN; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0029976777     PISSN: 00436542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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