The association of handgun ownership and storage practices with safety consciousness

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 763-768

  Coyne Beasley, Tamera ^a,b   McGee, Kara S ^a   Johnson, Renee M ^a   Clayton Bordley, W ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FIREARM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; STORAGE;

EID: 0036705737     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.8.763     Document Type: Article

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