Jóvenes de secundaria urbana y armas de fuego. Una encuesta basada en la escuela

C M Callahan1, F P Rivara

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle.

JAMA
|June 10, 1992
PubMed
Resumen

El acceso a las armas de fuego está muy extendido entre los jóvenes urbanos, con un 34% informando de fácil acceso. La propiedad está vinculada a comportamientos desviados, pero no exclusivamente a grupos de alto riesgo, lo que indica un problema generalizado.

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