Evaluation of age-appropriate firearm safety interventions

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 473-479

  Howard, Patricia Kunz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearm safety training; Firearms; Gun safety; Learn; Safety interventions

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLE PLAYING; SAFETY; TRAINING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; SAFETY;

EID: 23044435827     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000169440.75056.0f     Document Type: Article

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