Investigating the Link Between Gun Possession and Gun Assault
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Investigating the link between gun possession and gun assault.
OBJECTIVES We investigated the possible relationship between being shot in an assault and possession of a gun at the time. METHODS We enrolled 677 case participants that had been shot in an assault and 684 population-based control participants within Philadelphia, PA, from 2003 to 2006. We adjusted odds ratios for confounding variables. RESULTS After adjustment, individuals in possession of...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2008.143099