Association between Connecticut's permit-to-purchase handgun law and homicides

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2015, Pages e49-e54

  Rudolph, Kara E ^a,b,c   Stuart, Elizabeth A ^c   Vernick, Jon S ^c   Webster, Daniel W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTICUT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CONNECTICUT; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84937604408     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302703     Document Type: Article

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