Dangerous people or dangerous weapons: Access to firearms for persons with mental illness

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2108-2109

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Record, Katherine L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO FIREARM; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; FIREARM; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PURCHASING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79957494495     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.688     Document Type: Note

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