Does the declining lethality of gunshot injuries mask a rising epidemic of gun violence in the United States?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1065-1069

  Jena, Anupam B ^a,b,c   Sun, Eric C ^d   Prasad, Vinay ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GUN VIOLENCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HELICOPTER; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LETHALITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POLICY; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; FIREARM; INCIDENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

FIREARMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84903901289     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2779-z     Document Type: Review

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