Director's Comments: Firearms, Kids, & Hospitalization

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Firearms, Kids, & Hospitalization. The transcript is also available.
An average of 20 U.S. children and teen agers are hospitalized daily (or about 7,400 kids a year) solely because of injuries from firearms, finds a recent, descriptive study published in Pediatrics.

Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - November 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news