Rural population survey of behavioral and demographic risk factors for loaded firearms

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 112-116

  Nordstrom, David L ^a   Zwerling, C ^a   Stromquist, A M ^a   Burmeister, L F ^a   Merchant, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Firearms; Iowa; Rural population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0035374797     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.2.112     Document Type: Article

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