Recreational gun use by California adolescents

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 751-766

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Firearms; Hunting; Unintentional injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FIREARM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RECREATION; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28444449792     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198105276966     Document Type: Article

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