Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 484-490 , October 2001

Firearm Prevalence and Social Capital

  • David Hemenway, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: David Hemenway, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
    • ,
  • Bruce P. Kennedy, EdD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
    • ,
  • Ichiro Kawachi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
    • ,
  • Robert D. Putnam, PhD

      Affiliations

    • John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA

Received 23 June 2000 ,Revised 7 March 2001 ,Accepted 28 March 2001.

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