Children and firearms in the home: A Southwestern Ohio Ambulatory Research Network (SOAR-Net) study

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-391

  Forbis, Shalini G ^a,c   McAllister, Terence R ^b   Monk, Susan M ^a   Schlorman, Christopher A ^a   Stolfi, Adrienne ^a   Pascoe, John M ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Performance Pediatrics   (United States)

^c Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD SAFETY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FIREARM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; RISK; STORAGE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; OHIO; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SAFETY;

EID: 34547466276     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.04.060118     Document Type: Article

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