Family firearm ownership and firearm-related mortality among young children: 1976–2016

Pediatrics

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Prickett, Kate C ^a   Gutierrez, Carmen ^b   Deb, Soudeep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PEDIATRICIAN; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; GUNSHOT INJURY; INFANT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MORTALITY; OWNERSHIP; SAFETY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 85061077825     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-1171     Document Type: Article

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