Alcohol Use and Firearm Violence

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 32-45

  Branas, Charles C ^a,b   Han, Seunghoon ^a,b   Wiebe, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; firearm; gun ownership; gun possession; homicide; injury; suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOMUTILATION; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HOMICIDE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84960074787     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxv010     Document Type: Review

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