Firearm-related injuries and preventions.

Includes bibliographical references.

Study: 39% of parents wrongly believe children don't know where gun is stored -- Pragmatic firearm advocacy for pediatricians -- Pediatric firearm-related injuries in the United States -- Regardless of gun control views, pediatricians' mission is to keep children safe -- Evidence in policy on firearms injuries points to need for safety counseling -- Firearm-related injuries affecting the pediatric population -- Focus on subspecialties: pediatric firearm injuries and mental illness: fact, fiction, opportunities in ED -- Importance of gun injury prevention -- Hospitalizations due to firearm injuries in children and adolescents -- Characteristics of youth seeking emergency care for assault injuries -- Weapon involvement in the vicitimization of children -- Study: Gunfire kills or injures more than 7,000 children per year -- Confronting the firearm injury plague -- Childhood firearm injuries in the United States -- Prevent youth assault by assaulting firearm violence -- Firearm violence among high-risk emergency department youth after an assault injury -- Help wanted: studies of firearm injuries affecting children -- Firearm possession among adolescents presenting to urban emergency department for assault -- Firearm homicide and other causes of death in delinquents: a 16-year prospective study -- Preventing gun injuries in children -- gunshot injuries in children served by Emergency Services -- Gun violence trends in movies.

Includes infographic poster: 3 Firearm Safety Facts and Myths.

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