Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6966986 | Accident Analysis & Prevention | 2013 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Suicides (47%) and assaults (45.1%) accounted for 92.1% of all firearm-related fatalities. ⺠The most seriously injured anatomic regions were: head (44.5%), thorax (25.7%), abdomen (10.7%) and spine (5.7%). ⺠Of the 370 total subjects, 4.9% had an Injury Severity Score (ISS) < 16 and 59.5% had an ISS â¤Â 74. ⺠The majority (84%) died at the scene, and only 9.8% died in a hospital. ⺠ISS (independent factor), distance, injured anatomic region, and toxicology status predict the location of death.
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Authors
Iordanis N. Papadopoulos, Nikolaos K. Kanakaris, Nikolaos Danias, Dimitrios Sabanis, George Konstantudakis, Spyridon Christodoulou, Yiannis C. Bassiakos, Christos Leukidis,