Airgun injuries in New Zealand, 1979 -92

Injury Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-117

  Langley, John D ^a   Norton, Robyn N ^b   Alsop, Jonathan C ^a   Marshall, Stephen W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airgun; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030154478     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2.2.114     Document Type: Article

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