Injuries from border wall falls after 2018 are more severe: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background The U.S.-Mexico “border wall” between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico was raised and extended beginning in 2018 in accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13,767. We hypothesized that these changes resulted in increased incidence and severity of injuries of individu...

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Main Authors: Gregory H. Whitcher, Susan F. McLean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-11-01
Series:Injury Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00544-y