Handguns as a pediatric problem

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Christoffel, Katherine K ^a   Christoffel, Tom ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0033146109     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.2.151     Document Type: Review

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