Firearm Ownership and Violent Crime in the U.S.: An Ecologic Study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-214

  Monuteaux, Michael C ^a   Lee, Lois K ^a   Hemenway, David ^b   Mannix, Rebekah ^a   Fleegler, Eric W ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937514513     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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