Firearm Injuries in Children: Four-year Experience from a Rural Tertiary Care Centre of Northern India
The present study found that intentional FAIs in children were more common than unintentional FAIs with family feuds and mishandling being the most common causes, respectively. The unlicensed country-made gun was the most common firearm causing injury in children.
Authors
- Survesh Kumar Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9175-7428)
- Rafey Abdul Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1724-8542)
- Amit Chaudhary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1785-7065)
- Umesh Kumar Gupta
- Muniba Alim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9136-232X)
Institutions
- King George's Medical University (IN)
- Adesh University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Journal of Paediatric Surgery
- Published
- 2024-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ajps.ajps_135_23
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00