Firearm fatalities in Eastern Saudi Arabia: Impact of culture and legislation

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-396

  Elfawal, M A ^a   Awad, O A ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Dammam Medico Legal Center   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Firearm fatalities; Firearm legislation; Gunshot wounds; Hand guns

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SUICIDE; THORAX INJURY;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0031406332     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199712000-00014     Document Type: Article

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