Shotgun wounds in children: Not just accidents

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-62

  Nance, Michael L ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^b   Branas, Charles C ^c   Schwab, C William ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031022365     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430250060014     Document Type: Article

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