Is There a Regional Subculture of Firearm Violence in Canada?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-320

  Lester, David ^a   Leenaars, Antoon A ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SOCIAL VALUES; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0032175120     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249803800407     Document Type: Article

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