Increased risk of intimate partner homicide among California women who purchased handguns [4]

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-283

  Wintemute, Garen J ^a   Wright, Mona A ^a   Drake, Christiana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIREARM; FOLLOW UP; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037310143     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.66     Document Type: Letter

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