Investigating the link between gun possession and gun assault

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2034-2040

  Branas, Charles C ^a   Richmond, Therese S ^b   Culhane, Dennis P ^c   Ten Have, Thomas R ^a   Wiebe, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHILADELPHIA; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349915590     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.143099     Document Type: Article

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