Prevalence and Correlates of Firearm Ownership in the Homes of Fifth Graders: Birmingham, AL, Houston, TX, and Los Angeles, CA

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 299-306

  Schwebel, David C ^a   Lewis, Terri ^a   Simon, Thomas R ^b   Elliott, Marc N ^c   Toomey, Sara L ^d,e   Tortolero, Susan R ^f   Cuccaro, Paula M ^f   Schuster, Mark A ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

firearms; guns; injury; safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALABAMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS;

ADULT; ALABAMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PREVALENCE; TEXAS;

EID: 84900443285     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198113512126     Document Type: Article

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