Unsupervised firearm handling by California adolescents

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-168

  Miller, M ^a   Hemenway, D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; THREAT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HOME ACCIDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4344712517     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.005447     Document Type: Article

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