Frequency of and responses to illegal activity related to commerce in firearms: Findings from the Firearms Licensee Survey

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 412-420

  Wintemute, Garen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; FIREARM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; COMMERCE; CRIME; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888135856     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040715     Document Type: Article

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