Preventing firearm violence: A physician's guide

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 694-701

  Hunt, Debra K ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030460780     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02600162     Document Type: Review

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