Pediatricians' involvement in gun injury prevention

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-104

  Olson, L M ^a   Christoffel, K K ^b   O'Connor, K G ^a  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 34248143440     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.012401     Document Type: Article

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