Firearm homicide and firearm suicide: Opposite but equal

Public Health Reports

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-124

  Branas, Charles C ^a,b   Richmond, Therese S ^b,c   Schwab, C William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE; THEORY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2442685457     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490411900203     Document Type: Article

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