+ Rural population survey of behavioral and demographic risk factors for loaded firearms
- Author:
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Nordstrom, D. L. / Zwerling, C. / Stromquist, A. M. / Burmeister, L. F. / Merchant, J. A.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Inj Prev
- Topics:
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Ownership
- Keywords:
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Alcohol, Household firearms, Storage, loaded, rural
986 adults in 3 types of rural households (farm, town, and non-farm, non-town) in Iowa were interviewed to assess the prevalence and storage of firearms. About 67% of respondents possessed firearms,...
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+ Safer storage of firearms at home and risk of suicide: a study of protective factors in a nationally representative sample
- Author:
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Shenassa ED / Rogers ML / Spalcling KL / Roberts MB
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Topics:
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Prevention, Storage, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Storage, Suicide, loaded, lock
In this cross-sectional survey, the authors estimated the protective effect of storing firearms locked and/or unloaded with regards to the incidence of suicide by firearms, using data from a nationally...
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+ 'They're Too Smart for That': Predicting What Children Would Do in the Presence of Guns
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- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Prevention, Public Health, Storage, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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instruction, loaded, locked, reaction, reasoning
The authors investigated the beliefs of 317 urban and 311 rural respondents to a randomized telephone survey in Northeast Ohio, who had children aged 5 to 15 years, about how children would react to finding...
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+ Unintentional and undetermined firearm related deaths: a preventable death analysis for three safety devices
- Author:
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Vernick, J. S. / O'Brien, M. / Hepburn, L. M. / Johnson, S. B. / Webster, D. W. / Hargarten, S. W.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Prevention, Public Health, State
- Keywords:
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loaded chamber indicator, magazine safety, personalization device, safety device, unintentional firearm death
The authors evaluated the proportion of unintentional firearms deaths that could be prevented using three safety devices, namely personalization devices, loaded chamber indicators (LCIs), and magazine...
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