Homicide and geographic access to gun dealers in the United States

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wiebe, Douglas J ^a   Krafty, Robert T ^b   Koper, Christopher S ^c   Nance, Michael L ^d   Elliott, Michael R ^e   Branas, Charles C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Police Executive Research Forum   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GUNSHOT INJURY; LICENSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

COMMERCE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 68349141113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-199     Document Type: Article

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