Firearm use, injury, and lethality in assaultive violences: An examination of ethnic differences

Homicide Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-108

  Nielsen, Amie L ^a,d   Martinez Jr , Ramiro ^b   Rosenfeld, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Firearms; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644476803     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767904274160     Document Type: Article

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