+ Homicide: A Leading Cause of Injury Deaths Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the United States, 1991-1999
- Author:
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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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+ ‘A “Call to Arms” for a National Reporting System on Firearm Injuries’
- Author:
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Barber, C / Hemenway, D / Hargarten, S. / Kellermann, A / Azrael, D. / Wilt, S.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Prevention, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National.
- Keywords:
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Firearms injury surveillance, HOMICIDE, Suicide
The authors draw attention to the fact that the U.S., whose firearm injury death rate is 5 to 10 times higher than that of other industrialized countries, lacks a national reporting system to track the...
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