@article{ref1,
title="Age 14 starts a child's increased risk of major knife or gun injury in Washington, DC",
journal="Journal of the National Medical Association",
year="2004",
author="Freed, Howard A. and Milzman, David P. and Holt, Richard W. and Wang, Anthony",
volume="96",
number="2",
pages="169-174",
abstract="This retrospective review of eight years of trauma registry data at an inner-city level-1 trauma center was undertaken to discover at what age urban children start to become at high risk of being victims of either a major gunshot wound or stabbing. We reviewed data from 2,191 patients who were the victim of either a gunshot wound or stabbing, were 18 years of age or under, and met pre-established criteria to qualify as a major trauma victim. There was a rise and subsequent fall in both overall crime and intentional injury rates during the eight-year period. Nevertheless, in each of the eight years studied, the risk of being a victim of a major gunshot wound or stabbing rose abruptly at age 14 (p<0.01) and the incidence continued to rise sharply through age 18.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1943-4693",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}