Law enforcement officers opinions about gun locks: Anchors on life jackets?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 200-204

  Coyne Beasley, T ^a   Johnson, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms guns; Gun locks; Law enforcement officers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; POLICE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035465013     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.3.200     Document Type: Article

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