Firearm laws and firearm homicides: A systematic review

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 106-119

  Lee, Lois K ^a,b   Fleegler, Eric W ^a,b   Farrell, Caitlin ^a,b   Avakame, Elorm ^b   Srinivasan, Saranya ^c   Hemenway, David ^d   Monuteaux, Michael C ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Texas Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD SAFETY; FIREARM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

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

EID: 85011260710     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7051     Document Type: Review

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