Firearm injuries in rural Saudi Arabia: incidence, patterns, management, and cost

Firearm injuries in rural Saudi Arabia: incidence, patterns, management, and cost

Abstract Background A retrospective study from 2013 to 2017 was conducted to evaluate the incidence of small firearms and air gun injuries, social demographics of victims, severity of injuries, patterns, length of stay, and cost of hospitalization in highly populated central rural Al Kharj region of...

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Main Authors: Anthony Morgan, Nasser Abdullah AlAqil, Nawaf Abdullah AlOkeil, Shatha Ali AlGhaleb, Azzam Fahad AlOtaibi, Hisham Mutlaq Alashqar, Sultan Obaid Abdullah AlGhuwainem, Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed AlQahtani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Subjects:
Small firearms
Firearm injuries
Saudi Arabian province
Firearm injury incidence
Firearm forensic aspects
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41935-018-0108-0

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