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(Pediatrics in Review. 2007;28:396-397.)
© 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics

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Firearms

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Gun Storage Practices and Risk of Youth Suicide and Unintentional Firearm Injuries. Grossman DC, Mueller BA, Riedy C, et al. JAMA. 2005;293 :707 –714[Abstract/Free Full Text] Firearm-related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population. Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Pediatrics. 2000;105 :888 –895[Abstract/Free Full Text] Factsheet: Firearm Injury and Death in the United States. Johns Hopkins University Center for Gun Policy and Research (rev 1/04). Available at: http://www.jhsph.edu/gunpolicy/US_factsheet_2004.pdf Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). National Center for Injury Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/default.htm Are Medical Societies Developing a Standard for Gun Injury Prevention? Longjohn MM, Christoffel KK. Injury Prevention. 2004;10 :169 –173[Abstract/Free Full Text]

Firearm-related injury and death is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children and youth in the United States (US). In 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 2,852 firearm-related deaths in children and an additional 13,846 nonfatal gun-related injuries. The incidence of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Susan Guralnick, MD
 Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook, NY

Janet R. Serwint, MD, Consulting Editor




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