Adolescents and Firearms: A California Statewide Survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 852-858

  Sorenson, Susan B ^a   Vittes, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342444350     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.5.852     Document Type: Review

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