Are "accidental" gun deaths as rare as they seem? A comparison of medical examiner manner of death coding with an intent-based classification approach

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 741-744

  Schaechter, Judy ^a   Duran, Isis ^a   De Marchena, Jacqueline ^a   Lemard, Glendene ^a   Villar, Maria Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homicide; Manner of death; Medical examiner; Pediatric firearm death; Suicide; Unintentional

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FLORIDA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0037383475     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.4.741     Document Type: Article

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