Gunshot wounds to the head: Gang- and non-gang-related injuries and outcomes

Brain Injury

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 505-510

  Aryan, Henry E ^a   Jandial, R ^a   Bennett, R L ^b   Masri, L S ^b   Lavine, S D ^b   Levy, M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gangs; Gunshot wounds; Head trauma; Penetrating cranio cerebral injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MISSILE WOUND; MOTIVATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 20744445698     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050400005143     Document Type: Article

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