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Citation |
Glatt K. J. Pediatr. Nurs. 2005; 20(6): 448-452. |
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Affiliation |
The Children's Mercy Hospital, Post Anesthesia Care Unit. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Publishing) |
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PMID |
16298286 |
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Abstract |
Children are unintentionally killing and injuring other children at an alarming rate in the United States owing to the accessibility of firearms. Firearms are found in 33-40% of American households with children. Many of those firearms are stored in an unsafe manner, loaded and unlocked, leaving children vulnerable to injury. Health care professionals dedicated to the well-being of the pediatric population must take an active role in protecting our nation's children from unnecessary injury and death owing to the unsafe storage of firearms. |