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Parent-Reported Firearm Storage Poor Estimator of Teen Perceived Access

Physician's Weekly

households was seen for the number of firearms stored unlocked (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 65.7), regardless of teen gender, parental education, r urbanicity. The best performance for estimating teen perceived access to firearms in U.S. In households where all firearms were stored locked and unloaded, 36.3

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‘Gas Station Heroin’ Spurs Spike in Poison Control Calls, FDA Warns

Physician's Weekly

“You never quite know what’s in that bottle,” Dr. Diane Calello of the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System told the AP. For more than a decade, however, poison control centers nationwide have seen an uptick in calls linked to the ingredient.

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