Childhood firearm injuries in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Fowler, Katherine A ^a   Dahlberg, Linda L ^a   Haileyesus, Tadesse ^b   Gutierrez, Carmen ^c   Bacon, Sarah ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b and Practice Integration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; NEWBORN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 85021704959     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-3486     Document Type: Article

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