Legal status and source of offenders' firearms in states with the least stringent criteria for gun ownership

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Vittes, Katherine A ^a   Vernick, Jon S ^a   Webster, Daniel W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIREARM; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIMINALS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872947242     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040290     Document Type: Article

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