The effect of child access prevention laws on unintentional child firearm fatalities, 1979-2000

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-428

  Hepburn, Lisa ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a   Miller, Matthew ^a   Hemenway, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Children; Firearm; Guns

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD ACCESS PREVENTION LAW; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; LAW; NEWBORN; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33747602322     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000226396.51850.fc     Document Type: Article

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