Firearm ownership and storage practices in Pennsylvania homes

Injury Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 278-282

  Forjuoh, Samuel N ^a   Coben, Jeffrey H ^a   Dearwater, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearm ownership; Firearm storage; Household characteristics; Pennsylvania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OWNERSHIP; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030309526     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2.4.278     Document Type: Article

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