Firearm and nonfirearm homicide in 5 South African cities: A retrospective population-based study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 455-460

  Matzopoulos, Richard G ^a   Thompson, Mary Lou ^b   Myers, Jonathan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894068704     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.310650     Document Type: Article

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