Firearm suicide: Use of a firearm injury and death surveillance system

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 730-734

  Streib, Erik W ^a,b   Hackworth, Jodi ^a   Hayward, Thomas Z ^a   Jacobson, Lewis E ^a   Simons, Clark J ^a   Falimirski, Mark E ^a   O'Neil, Joseph ^a   Bull, Marilyn J ^a   Gomez, Gerardo A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Firearm injury; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; THORAX INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 34147148450     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318031b5a8     Document Type: Article

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