title: Association of gun-related measures in American states and child and adolescent firearm mortality.
abstract: In 2000 over 38 states of America, several measures of gun ownership were intercorrelated. Factor scores assessing gun prevalence and socioeconomic status predicted child and adolescent firearm mortality.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality*