Firearm acquisition without background checks: Results of a national survey

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 233-239

  Miller, Matthew ^a   Hepburn, Lisa ^a,b   Azrael, Deborah ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COLORADO; CONNECTICUT; DELAWARE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FAMILY; FIREARM; FRIEND; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAWAII; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; IOWA; LAW; MARYLAND; MICHIGAN; MISSOURI; NEBRASKA; NEW YORK; NORTH CAROLINA; OFFENDER; OREGON; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; REVIEW; RHODE ISLAND; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018332022     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M16-1590     Document Type: Review

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