Protect your child from guns and firearms

Citations

  1. American Academy of Pediatrics (2002). Firearms injury prevention. The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP). Available online: http://www.aap.org/family/tipp-firearms.htm.

  2. Schuster MA, et al. (2000). Firearm storage patterns in U.S. homes with children. American Journal of Public Health, 90(4): 588–594.


Author: Debby Golonka, MPHLast Updated: January 5, 2007
Medical Review: Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics
Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics

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