Trends in firearm usage in homicides and suicides in Bexar County Texas from 1982 to 2004

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-284

  Molina, D Kimberley ^a   DiMaio, Vincent J ^a  

^a Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOOT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WEAPON; CLASSIFICATION; CORONER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; TEXAS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 65249089104     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31818480a4     Document Type: Article

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