Current considerations about the elderly and firearms

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-400

  Mertens, Brian ^b   Sorenson, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FIREARM; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUBLIC POLICY; SAFETY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857381185     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300404     Document Type: Review

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