Firearm-related hospitalization and risk for subsequent violent injury, death, or crime perpetration: A cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 492-500

  Rowhani Rahbar, Ali ^a   Zatzick, Douglas ^b   Wang, Jin ^a   Mills, Brianna M ^a   Simonetti, Joseph A ^c   Fan, Mary D ^a   Rivara, Frederick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; DEATH; FEMALE; FIREARM RELATED HOSPITALIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOM SAMPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SURVIVOR; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT; FIREARM; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926660313     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2362     Document Type: Article

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