Hunting firearm injuries, North Carolina.
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 78 (12) , 1585-1586
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.78.12.1585
Abstract
To determine the percentage of unintentional firearm-related injuries associated with hunting and to identify risk factors, we conducted a retrospective, descriptive survey of all hunting firearm injuries identified by two North Carolina surveillance systems. Almost one-third of unintentional shooting deaths are hunting-related, and young hunters appear to be at greatest risk of injury. Safety instruction and wearing highly visible clothing should be encouraged; controlled studies should test the effectiveness of these preventive measures.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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