Guns and states: Pediatric firearm injury

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-53

  Lee, Justin ^a   Moriarty, Kevin P ^a   Tashjian, David B ^a   Patterson, Lisa A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearm injury; Outcomes; Pediatric; State laws

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LAW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880273838     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182999b7a     Document Type: Article

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