Firework-related injuries treated at emergency departments in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to 2018-2019

• Main Authors: Nathan Maassel (Author), Abbie Saccary (Author), Daniel Solomon (Author), David Stitelman (Author), Yunshan Xu (Author), Fangyong Li (Author), Emily Christison-Lagay (Author), James Dodington (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite a national decrease in emergency department visits in the United States during the first 10 months of the pandemic, preliminary Consumer Product Safety Commission data indicate increased firework-related injuries. We hypothesized an increase in firework-related injuries d...