What The Study Did: This research letter looked at two categories of firearm laws to prevent child access and their association with pediatric firearm fatalities throughout the United States from 1991 to 2016.
Author: Eric W. Fleegler, M.D., M.P.H., of Boston Children's Hospital, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.6227)
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