Civilian firearm injury and death in England and Wales

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-14

  Davies, Matt J ^a   Wells, C ^b   Squires, P A ^c   Hodgetts, T J ^d   Lecky, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Office of National Statistics   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WALES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455199761     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.085837     Document Type: Article

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