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Trends in emergency department visits for nonfatal self-inflicted injuries among youth aged 10 to 24 years in the United States, 2001–2015.
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This health services epidemiology study uses National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database data to characterize trends in hospital emergency department visits for nonfatal self-inflicted injuries among US youth aged 10 to 24 years from 2001 through 2015.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mercado, M. C., Holland, K., Leemis, R. W., Stone, D. M., & Wang, J.
- Affiliations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mercado, Melissa C.
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2017-11-21
- Volume
- 318
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 1931
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- PMC
- PMC5753998
- OpenAlex
- W2770724157
- Cited by
- 170
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 25.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (CC999999)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Keywords
- self-harm, suicide attempts, emergency department visits, youth, adolescents, young adults, injury trends, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, hospital utilization
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, Humans, Male, Suicide, Attempted, United States, Self-Injurious Behavior, Young Adult
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