+ Weapons in the lives of battered women
- Author:
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Sorenson SB / Wiebe DJ
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Am J Public Health
- Topics:
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Crime, Domestic Violence, Law Enforcement
- Keywords:
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California, PREVENTION, battered women, domestic violence
The authors examined violence between intimate partners with regards to the weapons used and the frequency of use, especially firearms. Data were collected through interviews of residents in 67 battered...
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+ Keeping guns out of the hands of abusers: handgun purchases and restraining orders
- Author:
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Vittes KA / Sorenson SB
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Am J Public Health
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, State, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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California, Female, Gunshot Wounds, Male, Violence Prevention and Control
The authors used administrative data from California to link 794,426 restraining orders with 1,388,724 handgun purchase applications. They estimate that approximately 80,000 legally purchased guns should...
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+ Availability of litigation as a public health tool for firearm injury prevention: comparison of guns, vaccines, and motor vehicles
- Author:
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Vernick, J. S. / Rutkow, L. / Salmon, D. A.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Am J Public Health
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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Commerce, Economics, Legislation
The authors assert that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, in granting firearm manufacturers broad immunity from liability, does not provide manufacturers with a financial incentive to make...
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+ Adolescents and firearms: a California statewide survey
- Author:
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Sorenson SB / Vittes KA
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Am J Public Health
- Topics:
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Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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California, Storage, firearm
The authors examined the prevalence and characteristics correlated with adolescents’ reports regarding firearms in their homes, or the homes of friends and peers, using random-digit-dialed interviews...
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+ Firearm injuries: epidemic then, endemic now
- Author:
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Christoffel, K. K.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Am J Public Health
- Topics:
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Public Health
- Keywords:
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Epidemic, Firearm injury
In this brief commentary, the author argues that U.S. firearm injuries have passed from an epidemic or emergency phase (mid-1980s to early 1990s) where firearm injuries were rising and above historic...
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