Beliefs about the risks of guns in the home: Analysis of a national survey

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 284-289

  Howard, Kim Ammann ^a   Webster, Daniel W ^b   Vernick, Jon S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms; Risk behavior; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033253763     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.4.284     Document Type: Article

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