Commentary on: The economic cost of firearm-related injuries in the United States from 2006 to 2010

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 899-900

  Jacobs, Lenworth M ^a   Warshaw, Andrew L ^b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

FIREARMS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84899940815     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.02.012     Document Type: Editorial

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