Accidental firearm injury in childhood_a predictor of social and medical outcome?

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 125-129

  Ponzer, S ^a   Bergman, B ^b   Brismar, B ^c   Johansson, S E ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Criminality; Firearms; Morbidity; Prevention of firearm injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; FIREARM; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; FIREARMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0031216175     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-199709000-00002     Document Type: Article

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