Rural Versus Urban Hospitalizations for Firearm Injuries in Children and Adolescents
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Hospitalizations Due to Firearm Injuries in Children and Adolescents
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Despite recent national attention on deaths from firearms, little information exists about children and adolescents who are hospitalized for firearm injuries. The objective was to determine the national frequency of firearm-related hospitalizations in the United States in children, compare rates by cause and demographics, and describe hospitalized cases. METHODS: We us...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatrics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-3318