Epidemiology of paediatric firearm injuries in the USA, 2001-2010

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 331-335

  Srinivasan, Saranya ^a   Mannix, Rebekah ^b   Lee, Lois K ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896488921     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304642     Document Type: Article

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