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The association between the purchase of a handgun and homicide or suicide.

Author(s) -

P Cummings,

Thomas D. Koepsell,

David C. Grossman,

James Savarino,

R. Thompson

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.6.974

Subject(s) - homicide , suicide prevention , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , relative risk , medicine , demography , residence , medical emergency , psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , confidence interval , pathology , sociology

The purpose of this study was to determine whether purchase of a handgun from a licensed dealer is associated with the risk of homicide or suicide and whether any association varies in relation to time since purchase.

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