This Is Our Lane: The Role of Pediatric Intensivists in Firearm Violence and Injury Prevention

Deanna M Behrens¹, Katherine E M Hoops^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Advocate Children's Hospital, Park Ridge, IL.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Editorial

Deanna M Behrens et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 1;22(11):1000-1002.

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002797.

Deanna M Behrens¹, Katherine E M Hoops^{2

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¹ Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Advocate Children's Hospital, Park Ridge, IL.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
³ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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