+ 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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+ Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results From a Multisite Case Control Study
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Campbell, Jacquelyn C. / Webster, Daniel / Koziol-McLain, Jane / Block, Carolyn / Campbell, Doris / Curry, Mary Ann / Gary, Faye / Glass, Nancy / McFarlane, Judith / Sachs, Carolyn, et al.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Homicide
- Keywords:
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Gun Access, Intimate Partner Violence, femicide, risk factor
The authors examined risk factors for femicide in abusive relationships in this 11-city case-control study, using police and medical examiner reports to identify intimate partner femicide victims and...
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+ Homicide: A Leading Cause of Injury Deaths Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the United States, 1991-1999
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Chang, Jeani / Berg, Cynthia J. / Herndon, Joy / Saltzman, Linda E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gender, Homicide, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CENTERS for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.), HOMICIDE, PREGNANCY, PRENATAL care, Wounds & Injuries
Data from the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used to identify risk factors for pregnancy-associated homicide from 1991 to 1999. Over this...
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+ Employer Policies Toward Guns and the Risk of Homicide in the Workplace
- Author:
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Loomis, Dana / Marshall, Stephen W. / Ta, Myduc L.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, State
- Keywords:
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EMPLOYEES -- Attitudes, HOMICIDE, Violence, WORK environment
In North Carolina, 105 workplaces where a worker was a victim of homicide between 1994 and 1998 were identified and compared to randomly selected workplaces that were in operation at the time of the...
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+ Urban-Rural Shifts in Intentional Firearm Death: Different Causes, Same Results
- Author:
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Branas CC / Nance ML / Elliott MR / Richmond TS / Schwab CW
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Suicide, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Suicide, firearm, rural/urban
The authors examined intentional firearm deaths by urbanicity using federal data from 1989-99. While the most rural and most urban counties had similar rates of intentional firearm deaths, the rural ones...
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