- Are "accidental" gun deaths as rare as they seem? A comparison of medical examiner manner of death coding with an intent-based classification approach
- Author:
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Schaechter, J. / Duran, I. / De Marchena, J. / Lemard, G. / Villar, M. E.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Homicide, Local, Medical, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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intent-based classification, medical examiner, pediatric firearm death, unintentional gun death
The authors compared the proportion of pediatric unintentional gun deaths in Miami-Dade County based on manner of death coding by a medical examiner (ME) and an intent-based classification (IBC) for all...
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