The relationship between gun ownership and stranger and nonstranger firearm homicide rates in the United States, 1981-2010

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1912-1919

  Siegel, Michael ^a   Negussie, Yamrot ^a   Vanture, Sarah ^a   Pleskunas, Jane ^a   Ross, Craig S ^b   King, 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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CRIME; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84907190219     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302042     Document Type: Review

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