Internists' attitudes toward prevention of firearm injury

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 821-827

  Butkus, Renee ^a   Weissman, Arlene ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTERNIST; LAW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84902687650     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M13-1960     Document Type: Article

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