TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Role of nonpowder guns in pediatric firearm injuries
JO  - American journal of surgery
A1  - Ballard, David H.
A1  - Williams, Mallory
A1  - Samra, Navdeep S.
SP  - 1193
EP  - 1193
VL  - 213
IS  - 6
N2  - <p>We read with great interest the study by Bachier-Rodriguez et al.1 in which they report a two-center retrospective cohort of 562 pediatric firearm injuries with a predominant (80%; 450 of 562 patients) proportion of 15–19 years old adolescents and African-Americans (85.4%; 480/562). Mechanisms included assault (70.5%; 396/562), unintentional (14.4%; 81/562), suicide (3%; 17/562), and undetermined (12.1%; 68/562). Adolescents were significantly more likely to be male, African-American, have higher ISS, and suffer an injury due to assault, whereas children 0–14 years of age were more likely to suffer unintentional firearm injuries.</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-9610
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.12.016
ID  - ref1
ER  -