- Firearm storage practices and rates of unintentional firearm deaths in the United States
- Author:
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Miller, Matthew / Azrael, Deborah / Hemenway, David / Vriniotis, Mary
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Storage, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CITIES & towns, Children, Household firearms, Mortality, Storage
Data on household firearm prevalence and storage practices by state from the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were analyzed along with unintentional firearm death counts and population...
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- The effect of child access prevention laws on unintentional child firearm fatalities, 1979-2000
- Author:
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Hepburn, L. / Azrael, D. / Miller, M. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- J Trauma
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Legislation and Policy, State
- Keywords:
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Accident Prevention/ legislation & jurisprudence, Adolescent, Adult, Child Welfare/ legislation & jurisprudence, Cross-Sectional Studies
The authors used data from the National Center for Health Statistics mortality files from 1979-2000 in an analysis of the effect of Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws on unintentional firearm death rates...
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- Underestimates of unintentional firearm fatalities: comparing Supplementary Homicide Report data with the National Vital Statistics System
- Author:
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Barber, C. / Hemenway, D. / Hochstadt, J. / Azrael, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Cause of Death, EPIDEMIOLOGY, Firearms, HOMICIDE, Wounds
The authors compared the way unintentional firearm injuries that were identified in police Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) data from 1997 were coded in the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)...
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- Firearm Availability and Unintentional Firearm Deaths, Suicide, and Homicide among 5-14 Year Olds
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- J Trauma
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, State, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Firearms, Suicide, UNITED States
The authors examined pooled cross-sectional time-series data from 1988 to 1997 to assess the association between the rate of violent death among 5-14 year olds and four proxies of firearm availability...
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- Firearm Availability and Suicide, Homicide, and Unintentional Firearm Deaths among Women
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gun Carrying, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Accidents, Cross-Sectional Studies, Firearms, Suicide, UNITED States
The authors used pooled cross-sectional time series data from the National Center for Health Statistics and General Social Survey for the period 1988-1997 to examine whether measures of firearm availability...
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- Are household firearms stored less safely in homes with adolescents?: Analysis of a national random sample of parents
- Author:
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Johnson, R. M. / Miller, M. / Vriniotis, M. / Azrael, D. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Storage, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Adult, Child, Data Collection, Female
The authors used data from the National Firearms Study 2004, a telephone study of 392 adults in the U.S., in an examination of firearm storage practices in households with adolescents only (aged 13-17...
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- Household Firearm Ownership and Suicide Rates in the United States
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Epidemiology
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Homicide, Ownership, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Firearms, Ownership, Suicide, UNITED States
The authors used National Center for Health Statistics Mortality Files data for the nine regions and 50 states in the United States over a 10-year period (1988–1997) to examine the association between...
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- Rates of Household Firearm Ownership and Homicide across US Regions and States, 1988-1997
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Local, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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FIREARMS ownership, HOMICIDE, OFFENSES against the person, UNITED States, VIOLENT crimes
The authors used cross-sectional time series data from the National Center for Health Statistics and General Social Survey for the period 1988-1997 to examine the association between household firearm...
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- State-level homicide victimization rates in the US in relation to survey measures of household firearm ownership, 2001-2003
- Author:
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Miller, Matthew / Hemenway, David / Azrael, Deborah
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Social Science & Medicine
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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Household firearm ownership
The authors examined the relationship between household firearm ownership and homicide across the 50 US states, by age and gender, using nationally representative survey-based estimates of household firearm...
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- Reduction in FFLs: A step in the right direction
- Author:
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Azrael, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Criminology & Public Policy
- Topics:
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Criminology, Legislation and Policy, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Audit, Dealer, Firearms, UNITED States, gun market
The author responds to an article published by Koper in Criminology & Public Policy. She notes that, after the 1993-1994 reforms regarding federal firearms licensing requirements, the marginal cost of...
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- The Relative Frequency of Offensive and Defensive Gun Uses: Results from a National Survey
- Author:
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Hemenway, D. / Azrael, D.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Violence and Victims
- Topics:
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Criminology, Self-defense Gun Use / Deterrence, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National., Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National.
- Keywords:
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Hidden gun use, national survey, offensive and defensive gun use.
Using data from a national random-digit-dial telephone survey of 1905 adults conducted in 1996, the authors find that criminal gun use is far more common than self-defense gun use. Fourteen civilians...
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