State background checks for gun purchase and firearm deaths: An exploratory study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 346-350

  Sen, Bisakha ^a   Panjamapirom, Anantachai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Advisory Board Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Background check; Firearms; Guns; Homicide; State policy; Suicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIREARM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

COMMERCE; CRIME; FIREARMS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84867396255     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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