What Are Parents Willing to Discuss with Their Pediatrician About Firearm Safety? A Parental Survey

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 179, Issue , 2016, Pages 166-171

  Garbutt, Jane M ^a   Bobenhouse, Neil ^a   Dodd, Sherry ^a   Sterkel, Randall ^a,b   Strunk, Robert C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

firearms; patient safety; practice based research network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; CHILD; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PEDIATRICS; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SAFETY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84994803398     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.019     Document Type: Article

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