Study Finds Gunshot Injuries in Children are Disproportionately More Severe, Deadly and Costly Than Any Other Source of Childhood Injury
Christen McCurdy
Mon, 10/14/2013 - 16:39
Gunshot injuries are a leading cause of death and injury in children and adolescents in the United States; they rank second only to motor vehicle crashes as a cause of death for children ages 15 to 19
October 14, 2013 — A research team led by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the University of California, Davis, reveals that childhood gunshot injuries, while uncommon, are more severe, require more major surgery, have greater mortality and higher per-patient costs than any othe
