A review of serious injury and death from gunshot wounds in Sweden: 1987 to 1994

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 930-936

  Boström, Lennart ^a   Nilsson, Bo ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gunshot wounds; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0032719370     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241599750008026     Document Type: Article

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