Risk factors associated with non-fatal adolescent firearm injuries

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-150

  Paris, Carolyn A ^a,b   Edgerton, E A ^b   Sifuentes, M ^b   Seidel, J S ^b   Lewis, R J ^b   Gausche, M ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0036599633     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.2.147     Document Type: Article

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