Internists' and surgeons' attitudes toward guns and firearm injury prevention

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Cassel, Christine K ^b   Nelson, Elizabeth A ^a   Smith, Tom W ^c   Schwab, C William ^d   Barlow, Barbara ^e   Gary, Nancy E ^f  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Chicago   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Educ Commn for For Med Graduates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; CRIME; GUNSHOT INJURY; LAW; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SURGEON;

EID: 2642683169     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-3-199802010-00009     Document Type: Review

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