"We've got a gun?": Comparing reports of adolescents and their parents about household firearms

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Sorenson, Susan B ^a,c   Cook, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 38149142423     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20213     Document Type: Article

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