Firearm Ownership and Violent Crime in the U.S.: An Ecologic Study.
@article{Monuteaux2015FirearmOA, title={Firearm Ownership and Violent Crime in the U.S.: An Ecologic Study.}, author={Michael Carl Monuteaux and Lois Kaye Lee and David Hemenway and Rebekah Mannix and Eric W. Fleegler}, journal={American journal of preventive medicine}, year={2015}, volume={49 2}, pages={ 207-14 } }
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