Firearms and dementia: A smoking gun?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Lynch, C A ^a   Moran, M ^a   Lawlor, B A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CERTIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LICENSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FIREARMS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38749139246     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1922     Document Type: Editorial

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