Swedish hunters' safety behaviour and experience of firearm incidents

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-70

  Junuzovic, Mensura ^a   Midlöv, Patrik ^b   Lönn, Sara Larsson ^b   Eriksson, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Firearms; Safety

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR; FIREARMS; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPONSE RATE; RISK BEHAVIOUR; SAFETY BEHAVIOURS; WEAPON HANDLING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SURVEYS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BEHAVIOUR; FIREARMS; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SWEDEN; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883804726     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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