A new proxy measure for state-level gun ownership in studies of firearm injury prevention

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 204-207

  Siegel, Michael ^a   Ross, Craig S ^b   King III, Charles ^c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Virtual Media Resources   (United States)

^c Greylock McKinnon Associates Inc   (United States)

^d Pleiades Consulting Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FIREARM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LICENSING; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROXY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FIREARMS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; OWNERSHIP; PROXY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84901235437     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040853     Document Type: Article

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