Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States
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- 2022
- Published By
- Massachusetts Medical Society
This resource discusses firearm-related injuries becoming the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in 2020 and the longer-term trend of failure to protect youth from a preventable cause of death that this change reflects.
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