Mortality among Recent Purchasers of Handguns
- 18 November 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (21), 1583-1589
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199911183412106
Abstract
There continues to be considerable controversy over whether ownership of a handgun increases or decreases the risk of violent death.Keywords
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