Abstract:BackgroundIn the United States, mass shootings can be regarded as a public health issue due to its ubiquitous and public nature. A systematic review of the literature with adoption of the social ecological model for interpretation of the evidence can help inform relevant stakeholders and the public regarding the coherence between proposed gun control legislations and the body of empirical evidence.AimsTo conduct a systematic review of factors associated with: 1) perpetration of mass shooting events, and; 2) in… Show more
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