State-level homicide victimization rates in the US in relation to survey measures of household firearm ownership, 2001-2003

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 656-664

  Miller, Matthew ^a   Hemenway, David ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Firearms; Guns; Homicide; USA; Violence

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SINGLE PARENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBANIZATION; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845711352     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.09.024     Document Type: Article

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