Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: "Doing Nothing Is No Longer an Acceptable Solution"

Affiliations

¹ University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
² Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ University of California, Davis, Violence Prevention Research Program, Department of Emergency Medicine; Sacramento, California.

Marian E Betz et al. West J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;17(1):91-3.

doi: 10.5811/westjem.2016.1.29767. Epub 2016 Jan 14.

¹ University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
² Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ University of California, Davis, Violence Prevention Research Program, Department of Emergency Medicine; Sacramento, California.

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