+ Heterosexual intimate partner homicide: review of ten years of clinical experience
- Author:
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Farooque, R. S. / Stout, R. G. / Ernst, F. A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Forensic Sci
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
-
- Keywords:
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Adult, Homicide/ statistics & numerical data, Sexual Partners, Spouse Abuse, Tennessee/epidemiology
+ Severe injury among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white children in Washington state
- Author:
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Karr, C. J. / Rivara, F. P. / Cummings, P.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Public Health Reports
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Ethnicity, State, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Child, Hispanic Americans/ statistics & numerical data, Trauma Severity Indices, Washington/epidemiology, Wounds and Injuries
Data from the Washington State Trauma Registry from 1995-1997 were used to identify injured individuals 19 years of age or less (231 children identified as Hispanic; 2,123 children identified as non-Hispanic...
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+ Gun-Related Eye Injury in the United States, 1993-2002
- Author:
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McGwin, Gerald / Hall, Tyler / Xie, Aiyuan / Owsley, Cynthia
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Ophthalmic Epidemiology
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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EPIDEMIOLOGY, EYE -- Wounds & injuries, PUBLIC health, SECURITY systems, UNITED States
Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was used to examine gun-related eye injury (air guns and firearms), air gun-related eye injury (BB/pellet guns and rifles), and firearm-related...
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+ Violent death in Connecticut, 2001 to 2004
- Author:
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Borrup K / Gelven ES / Carver HW / Banco L / Lapidus G
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Conn Med
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Age Factors, Aged, Connecticut/epidemiology, Continental Population Groups, Educational Status
The authors reviewed medical examiner, law enforcement, crime laboratory data, and death certificates on all 1,530 violence deaths (homicide, suicide, undetermined firearm) in Connecticut occurring from...
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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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+ Youth suicide in Wisconsin: mortality, hospitalizations, and risk factors
- Author:
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Eisenberg, T. L. / Glysch, R. L. / Remington, P. L. / Katcher, M. L.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- WMJ
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Hospitalization/ statistics & numerical data, Risk Factors, Suicide, Wisconsin/epidemiology
Data on completed suicides, self-injuring behavior that required hospitalization, and risk behaviors of youth ages 10-24 in Wisconsin were reviewed. Data came from the Center for Disease Control and...
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+ Gunshot fatalities in children and adolescents in New York City
- Author:
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Gill, J. R. / Lenz, K. A. / Amolat, M. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Ethnicity, Homicide, Local
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Children, EPIDEMIOLOGY, drugs, gunshot wound
The authors examined the epidemiology and characteristics of all deaths from gunshot wounds for people younger than 19 years of age between 1996 and 2000 in New York using medical examiner’s reports...
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+ Was an increase in cocaine use among injecting drug users in New South Wales, Australia, accompanied by an increase in violent crime?
- Author:
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Degenhardt, L. / Day, C. / Hall, W. / Conroy, E. / Gilmour, S.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- BMC Public Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Crime, International, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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Crack Cocaine/ supply & distribution, Crime/ statistics & numerical data/trends, Law Enforcement, New South Wales/epidemiology, Public Policy
Data on injecting drug users (IDU) were obtained from the Illicit Drug Reporting System, and monthly New South Wales Police incident data on arrests for cocaine possession/use, robbery offences, homicides,...
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+ The patterns and prevalence of mass murder in twentieth-century America
- Author:
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Duwe G
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Mental Health, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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EPIDEMIOLOGY, HOMICIDE, mass murder, trend
The author examines the epidemiology of mass murder in the United States during the twentieth century, using New York Times reports for the cases between 1900 and 1975 and the FBI's Supplementary Homicide...
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+ Firearm suicide: use of a firearm injury and death surveillance system
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Streib, E. W. / Hackworth, J. / Hayward, T. Z. / Jacobson, L. E. / Simons, C. J. / Falimirski, M. E. / O'Neil, J. / Bull, M. J. / Gomez, G. A.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- J Trauma
- Topics:
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Gender, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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EPIDEMIOLOGY, Firearm injury
This study describes fatal and nonfatal firearm suicide injuries (FSI) in one metropolitan area from 2002 through 2004 using records on all victims of firearm injuries from hospitals, police, and the...
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+ Epidemiology of homicide-suicide events: Oklahoma, 1994-2001
- Author:
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Comstock, R. D. / Mallonee, S. / Kruger, E. / Rayno, K. / Vance, A. / Jordan, F.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Am J Forensic Med Pathol
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Homicide, Public Health, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Adult, Homicide/ statistics & numerical data, Oklahoma/epidemiology, Suicide/ statistics & numerical data
All of the records from 1994 through 2001 from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Oklahoma were reviewed, and 73 homicide-suicide events resulting in 73 suicides and 89 homicides were identified...
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