+ Are Household Firearms Stored Safely? It Depends on Whom You Ask
- Author:
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Azrael, D. / Miller, M. / Hemenway, D
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- BMJ: British Medical Journal
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Gender, Ownership, Storage
- Keywords:
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Children, Gun ownership, Household, gun storage
Using data from a nationally representative random digit-dial telephone survey conducted from March 1999 through July1999, the authors explore the accuracy of gun storage information provided by adults...
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+ Medical Advances Mask Epidemic of Violence by Cutting Murder Rate
- Author:
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Dobson, Roger
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- BMJ: British Medical Journal
- Topics:
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Homicide, Medical, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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DISCOVERIES in science, GUN control, HOMICIDE, MEDICAL innovations
The author reports on research findings suggesting that murder rates due to firearms violence would be up to 5 times higher than they are now, were it not for trauma care innovations over the last 40...
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+ Confronting the small arms pandemic
- Author:
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Arya, Neil
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- BMJ: British Medical Journal
- Topics:
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International, Ownership, Public Health, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Mortality, UNITED States, Weapons
In this editorial, the author discussed public health issues that are related with the possession of small arms, compared the burden of firearms deaths in the United States and other developed countries,...
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+ Empty Arms: The Effect of the Arms Trade on Mothers and Children
- Author:
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Southall, David P. / O'Hare, Bernadette A. M.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- BMJ: British Medical Journal
- Topics:
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International, Supply
- Keywords:
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Children, HEALTH, Mothers, PUBLIC health, WEAPONS industry
The authors reviewed the literature on conflict and arms trading, focusing especially on the mechanisms through which small arms were exported during the period 1990-2000 in the 10 poorest countries engaged...
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