Massachusetts weapon-related injury surveillance system

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 57-66

  Barber, Catherine W ^a   Ozonoff, Victoria V ^a   Schuster, Maxine ^a   Hume, Beth C ^a   McLaughlin, Heather ^a   Jannelli, Laurie ^a   Saltzman, Linda E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0031685374     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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