Effects of state-level firearm seller accountability policies on firearm trafficking

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-537

  Webster, Daniel W ^a   Vernick, Jon S ^a   Bulzacchelli, Maria T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gun policy; Policy evaluation; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FIREARM; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL LIABILITY; LICENSING; MARKET; OFFENDER; POLICY; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FIREARMS; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67650732423     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9351-x     Document Type: Article

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