Disproportionate sales of crime guns among licensed handgun retailers in the United States: A case-control study

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 291-299

  Wintemute, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMERCE; CRIME; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70350129012     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.017301     Document Type: Article

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