From gunstore to smoking gun: Tracking guns that kill children in North Carolina

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1874-1876

  Campbell, Brendan T ^a,c   Radisch, Deborah L ^b   Phillips, J Duncan ^a   Von Allmen, Daniel ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms; injury; trauma; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 10944245433     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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