Sex-related differences in childhood and adolescent self-inflicted injuries: a National Trauma Databank review

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 796-800

  Branco, Bernardino Castelo ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Barmparas, Galinos ^a   Talving, Peep ^a   David, Jean Stephane ^b   Plurad, David ^a   Green, Donald J ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Hanging; Mortality; Self inflicted injury; Sex; Shooting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DROWNING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAB WOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; REGISTRIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 77950507873     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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