Assessing survey methods and firearm exposure among adolescent emergency department patients

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 500-506

  Pelucio, Maria ^a   Roe, Gretchen ^b   Fiechtl, Jim ^c   Leake, Jonathan ^d   Herman, Emily ^a   Shonce, Ryan ^a   Pruitt, Amanda ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Cleveland Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intervention; Firearms; Injury prevention and control; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIREARM; GANG; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960026091     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31821d8643     Document Type: Article

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