Washington state gunshot-wound surveillance system

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 92-100

  LeMier, Mary ^a,d   Cummings, Peter ^b   Keck, Doug ^a   Stehr Green, Jeanette ^a   Ikeda, Robin ^c   Saltzman, Linda ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^d Washington State Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; GUNSHOT INJURY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031669062     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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