Social Networks and the Risk of Gunshot Injury.
Direct and indirect exposure to gun violence have considerable consequences on individual health and well-being. However, no study has considered the effects of one's social network on gunshot injury. This study investigates the relationship between an individual's position in a high-risk social net...
| Published in: | Journal of Urban Health Vol. 89; no. 6; pp. 992 - 1004 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2012
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