Primary care physicians’ role in counseling about gun safety

American Family Physician

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 619-620

  Prasad, Vinay ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; COUNSELING; EDITORIAL; FIREARM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SUICIDE; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COUNSELING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; SAFETY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84908318112     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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