Community norms on toy guns

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-79

  Cheng, Tina L ^a   Brenner, Ruth A ^a   Wright, Joseph L ^a   Sachs, Hari Cheryl ^a   Moyer, Patricia ^a   Rao, Malla ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anticipatory guidance; Parental norms; Toy gun play; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037225175     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.1.75     Document Type: Article

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