Guns, Laws, and Causality

Affiliations

¹ From the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY.

Comment

Dana E Goin et al. Epidemiology. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;32(1):46-49.

doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001261.

¹ From the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY.

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Firearm Homicide Incidence, Within-state Firearm Laws, and Interstate Firearm Laws in US Counties.
Morrison CN, Kaufman EJ, Humphreys DK, Wiebe DJ. Morrison CN, et al. Epidemiology. 2021 Jan;32(1):36-45. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001262. Epidemiology. 2021. PMID: 33093328 Free PMC article.

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