- Firearm violence in America: A growing health problem
- Author:
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Baroni, S. / Richmond, T. S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Public Health, State, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Community-Institutional Relations, Firearms, Health Promotion/organization & administration, Homicide/prevention & control/statistics & numerical data, Humans
According to the State Injury Profiles 2001 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, firearm injury is the second leading cause of injury death following only motor vehicle crashes. Firearm...
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- Self-inflicted accidental gunshot wounds
- Author:
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Chung, Yung A.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Legal Medicine
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Education/Counseling, Local, Prevention, Public Health
- Keywords:
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medical examiner, self-inflicted gun death, toy gun, unintentional gunshot wound
The author examines toy gun designs that mirror current weapon designs, by reviewing all firearm deaths a Michigan county using medical examiner’s records from 1990 to 2000. He found an average of 500...
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- Firearms in US homes as a risk factor for unintentional gunshot fatality
- Author:
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Wiebe, Douglas J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ownership, Public Health, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Injury, household firearm, risk factor, risk of death
In this matched case-control study, the author examined the association between relative risk of death by an unintentional gunshot and having firearms in the home, using data from the National Mortality...
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- Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Public Health Approach
- Author:
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Cukier, W.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Brown Journal of World Affairs
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gun Carrying, Homicide, International, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Arms control, ILLEGAL arms transfers, International cooperation, PUBLIC health -- International cooperation
The author summarizes the global burden of firearms involved in murder, suicide and accidents, both in terms of human lives lost, as well as regarding economic, social and political conditions. The author...
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