Open AccessRates of Household Firearm Ownership and Homicide Across US Regions and States, 1988–1997
Author(s) -
Margaret Miller,
Deborah Azrael,
David Hemenway
Publication year - 2002
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.92.12.1988
Subject(s) - homicide , poverty , poison control , unemployment , injury prevention , demography , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , alcohol consumption , causation , medicine , environmental health , economics , sociology , political science , alcohol , economic growth , pathology , law , biochemistry , chemistry
In this study we explored the association between rates of household firearm ownership and homicide across the United States, by age groups.