Population estimates of household firearm storage practices and firearm carrying in Oregon

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 1744-1748

  Nelson, David E ^a,d   Grant Worley, Joyce A ^c   Powell, Kenneth ^b   Mercy, James ^b   Holtzman, Deborah ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030013078     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.22.1744     Document Type: Article

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