Firearm-related injuries affecting the pediatric population

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Gardner, H Garry ^a   Quinlan, Kyran P ^a   Ewald, Michele Burns ^a   Ebel, Beth E ^a   Lichenstein, Richard ^a   Melzer Lange, Marlene D ^a   O'Neil, Joseph ^a   Pomerantz, Wendy J ^a   Powell, Elizabeth C ^a   Scholer, Seth J ^a   Smith, Gary A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Epidemiology; Homicide; Injury; Policy; Suicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

CHILD; FIREARMS; HUMANS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84868611668     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2481     Document Type: Review

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