Effect of war on weapon-related deaths in Croatian children and youth

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-144

  Mujkic, Aida ^a   Peek Asa, Corinne ^b,d   Young, Tracy ^b   Rodin, Urelija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^d Institute for Rural Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; EXPLOSION; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39049102594     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2007.31     Document Type: Article

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