Firearm injuries in the United States

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 5-14

  Fowler, Katherine A ^a   Dahlberg, Linda L ^a   Haileyesus, Tadesse ^a   Annest, Joseph L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Firearms; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; CRIME VICTIM; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940449995     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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