Urban blight remediation as a cost-beneficial solution to firearm violence

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2158-2164

  Branas, Charles C ^a   Kondo, Michelle C ^b   Murphy, Sean M ^c   South, Eugenia C ^a   Polsky, Daniel ^d   MacDonald, John M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; FIREARM; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVENTION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; CITY; CITY PLANNING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIREARMS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; URBAN RENEWAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84994497144     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303434     Document Type: Article

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