Firearm injuries among children due to the Kivu conflict from 2017 to 2020: A hospital-based retrospective descriptive cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Firearm-related injuries are deadly but avoidable. The case of Kivu, a region in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is alarming. Decades of unresolved regional conflicts birthed armed groups that have massacred inhabitants and injured several children. This regional instab...

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Autores principales: Murhega, Romeo Bujiriri, Budema, Paul Munguakonkwa, Tshimbombu, Tshibambe Nathanael, Toha, Georges Kuyigwa, Cikomola, Fabrice Gulimwentuga, Mudekereza, Paterne Safari, Mubenga, Léon-Emmanuel, Balemba, Ghislain Maheshe, Badesire, Darck Cubaka, Negida, Ahmed, Kanmounye, Ulrick Sidney
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8761602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35070653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2021.11.006

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8761602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35070653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2021.11.006

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