TY - JOUR PY - 1999// TI - Firearms and family violence JO - Emergency medicine clinics of North America A1 - Heron, Sheryl L. A1 - Kellermann, A. SP - 699 EP - 716, viii VL - 17 IS - 3 N2 - Firearms contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality in family violence. This article discusses the debate on gun use for protection and guns in the home. Weapons-related risks in the setting of intimate partner violence are closely reviewed. Recommendations for physicians are discussed in the context of firearms and family violence. LA - SN - 0733-8627 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -