The Association between Urban Tree Cover and Gun Assault: A Case-Control and Case-Crossover Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 289-296

  Kondo, Michelle C ^a   South, Eugenia C ^b   Branas, Charles C ^c   Richmond, Therese S ^d   Wiebe, Douglas J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

firearm violence; green space exposure; gun assault; urban tree canopy

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GIS; GREENSPACE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TREE; URBAN PLANNING; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CANOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RECREATION; SEASON; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FIREARM; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREE; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; RISK FACTORS; TREES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029228848     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx096     Document Type: Article

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