Evaluating the impact of Florida's "stand your ground" self-defense lawon homicide and suicide by firearm: An interrupted time series study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 44-50

  Humphreys, David K ^a,b   Gasparrini, Antonio ^c   Wiebe, Douglas J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FIREARM; FLORIDA; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DEFENSE; SUICIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; VIRGINIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

FIREARMS; FLORIDA; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 85011298811     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6811     Document Type: Article

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