The life cycle of crime guns: A description based on guns recovered from young people in California

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 733-742

  Wintemute, Garen J ^a,b   Romero, Michael P ^a   Wright, Mona A ^a   Grassel, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PISTOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; FEMALE; FIREARM; HANDGUN; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; INDUSTRY; JUVENILE; MALE; MARKETING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2542542249     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.11.017     Document Type: Article

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