Emergency department visits for firearm-related injuries in the United States, 2006-14

Health Affairs

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1729-1738

  Gani, Faiz ^a   Sakran, Joseph V ^a   Canner, Joseph K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85030454795     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0625     Document Type: Article

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