Erratum: What do we know about the association between Firearm Legislation and firearm-related injuries? (Epidemiologic Reviews (2016) 38 (140-157) DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxv012);What Do We Know about the Association between Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Injuries?

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 140-157

  Santaella Tenorio, Julian ^a   Cerdá, Magdalena ^b   Villaveces, Andrés ^c   Galea, Sandro ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

death; firearms; homicide; legislation; suicide; weapons; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACT; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; DATA BASE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LAW; NEW ZEALAND; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84960116443     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxx011     Document Type: Erratum

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