Sex differences in the perpetrator-victim relationship among emergency department patients presenting with nonfatal firearm-related injuries

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-412

  Wiebe, Douglas J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 0041823773     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00509-2     Document Type: Article

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