Are household firearms stored less safely in homes with adolescents? Analysis of a national random sample of parents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 788-792

  Johnson, Renee M ^a   Miller, Matthew ^a   Vriniotis, Mary ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a   Hemenway, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746909417     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.8.788     Document Type: Article

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