Twenty years of pediatric gunshot wounds: An urban trauma center's experience

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 556-560

  Davis, James S ^a   Castilla, Diego M ^a   Schulman, Carl I ^a   Perez, Eduardo A ^a   Neville, Holly L ^a   Sola, Juan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Firearm; Gunshot wounds; Pediatrics; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BACK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURY; NEWBORN; PELVIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

EID: 84884670540     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.12.047     Document Type: Article

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