TY - JOUR AU - Castillo-Carniglia, Alvaro AU - Webster, Daniel W. AU - Wintemute, Garen J. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/11/27 TI - Effect on background checks of newly-enacted comprehensive background check policies in Oregon and Washington: a synthetic control approach JO - Injury Epidemiology SP - 45 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Comprehensive background check (CBC) laws extend background check requirements to private party firearm transfers to prevent firearm acquisitions by prohibited persons. The aim of our study was to estimate the association between CBC policies and changes in background check rates for firearm acquisition in two states (Oregon and Washington) that have newly-enacted CBC policies. SN - 2197-1714 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0225-8 DO - 10.1186/s40621-019-0225-8 ID - Castillo-Carniglia2019 ER -