Alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and the risk of being assaulted with a gun

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 906-915

  Branas, Charles C ^a   Elliott, Michael R ^b   Richmond, Therese S ^a   Culhane, Dennis P ^a   Wiebe, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol outlets; Epidemiology; Geography; Injury; Violence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FIREARM; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 64549112275     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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