TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Children, adolescents, and guns in Louisiana: a thought experiment
JO  - Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society
A1  - Galland, H.
SP  - 523
EP  - 531
VL  - 152
IS  - 10
N2  - More children and youth in Louisiana die from firearm injuries than from any other injury, including motor vehicle accidents. Many survive their injuries to lead lives with permanent disabilities. The cost to the victims and to society as a whole is enormous. What is the best way to address this issue? What is the physician's role, both as an individual and as a member of a medical organization? This paper describes a way of thinking about firearm injury prevention. It introduces the reader to the Haddon Matrix and the Intervention Decision Matrix. It then reviews six options and offers one model, motor vehicle injury reduction, as a way to consider intervention options.
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SN  - 0024-6921
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -