Firearm fatalities in the Transkei region of South Africa, 1993-2004

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 12 I, 2005, Pages 963-967

  Meel, B L ^a  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 29644437498     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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