Support for a comprehensive background check requirement and expanded denial criteria for firearm transfers: Findings from the firearms licensee survey

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-319

  Wintemute, Garen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Crime; Federal firearms licensees; Firearms; Firearms policy; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LICENSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMERCE; CRIME; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84898777848     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-013-9842-7     Document Type: Review

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