Serious and fatal air gun injuries: More than meets the eye

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 609-612

  Bratton, Susan L ^a,b   Dowd, M Denise ^c,d   Brogan, Thomas V ^a,b   Hegenbarth, Mary A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air gun; BB gun; Ocular trauma; Pellet gun

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030848696     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.4.609     Document Type: Article

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