Social Trust, Firearm Prevalence, and Homicide

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-125

  Rosenfeld, Richard ^a   Baumer, Eric ^a   Messner, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms; Homicide; Social Capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846189010     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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