Firearm storage practices and rates of unintentional firearm deaths in the United States

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 661-667

  Miller, Matthew ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a   Hemenway, David ^a   Vriniotis, Mary ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms; Mortality; Storage practices; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GUNS (ARMAMENT); POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

FIREARMS; MORTALITY; STORAGE PRACTICES; UNINTENTIONAL INJURY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 19944401262     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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