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Firearm ownership in California: A latent class analysis.

Julia P SchleimerNicole Kravitz-WirtzRocco PallinAmanda K CharbonneauShani A BuggsGaren J Wintemute
Published in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2019)
There were distinct classes of firearm ownership in California, and all higher-risk behaviours studied were exhibited disproportionately by members of a single class. This latent class structure, which may help identify higher-risk groups of firearm owners, could inform future research on risk assessment and on focused interventions to reduce firearm injury and death.
Keyphrases
  • risk assessment
  • physical activity
  • heavy metals
  • current status