+ The financial burden of injury-related hospitalizations to an Alaska Native health system
- Author:
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Chandler, B. A. / Berger, L. R.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Alaska Med
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ethnicity, Local, Medical, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Alaska, Firearms, Health Care Costs, Suicide, Violence
The authors evaluated how much the Tanana Chiefs Conference in Interior Alaska, a Native Alaskans’ health care system, paid for injury-related hospitalizations from 1994-1998. They identified 511 cases...
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+ Characteristics of suicide from 1998-2001 in a metropolitan area
- Author:
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Shen, Xun / Hackworth, Jodi / McCabe, Heather / Lovett, Lori / Aumage, John / O'Neil, Joseph / Bull, Marilyn
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Death Studies
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gender, Local, Suicide, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Causality, Etiology, causal relationships, metropolitan area, suicide preventive programs
The authors reviewed all suicides recorded in the Marion County Coroner’s Office that occurred in Indianapolis, Indiana between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2001. Of the 468 suicide victims, 280...
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+ Access to firearms and risk for suicide in middle-aged and older adults
- Author:
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Conwell, Yeates / Duberstein, Paul R. / Connor, Kenneth / Eberly, Shirley / Cox, Christopher / Caine, Eric D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Gender, Gun Carrying, Local, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Psychological Autopsy, Weapons, handguns, risk for suicide, suicide prevention
The authors evaluated the association between suicide risk and access to and storage of firearms in this psychological autopsy study of 86 suicide victims older than 50 and 86 community control subjects...
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+ Utility of indices of gun availability in the community
- Author:
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Shenassa, Edmond D. / Doskalakis, Constantine / Buka, Stephen L.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, Local, Suicide, Supply
- Keywords:
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CHICAGO (Ill.), FIREARMS & crime, FIREARMS accidents, HOMICIDE, Suicide
The study used data from 837 participants in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods between the ages of 17 and 22, residing in 170 different “neighborhood clusters.” Data on suicides...
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+ Firearm death rates and association with level of firearm purchase background check
- Author:
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Sunmer SA / Layde PM / Guse CE
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- Topics:
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Homicide, Law Enforcement, Local, Ownership, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Background Check, Federal Agency, Firearm Purchase, Local Agencies
The authors used data from each state for 2002-04. After taking into consideration the state robbery rate, poverty, alcohol consumption, urbanization, divorce rate and other variables, they found lower...
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+ Firearm homicide and firearm suicide: opposite but equal
- Author:
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Branas CC / Richmond TS / Schwab CW
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Public Health Rep
- Topics:
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Homicide, Local, Suicide, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Home, Midwest, Mortality
Detailed mortality data on firearm suicides and firearm homicides were collected, along with characteristics of the neighborhood in which the shooting occurred, for a total of 396 firearm homicides and...
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+ Are "accidental" gun deaths as rare as they seem? A comparison of medical examiner manner of death coding with an intent-based classification approach
- Author:
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Schaechter, J. / Duran, I. / De Marchena, J. / Lemard, G. / Villar, M. E.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Homicide, Local, Medical, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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intent-based classification, medical examiner, pediatric firearm death, unintentional gun death
The authors compared the proportion of pediatric unintentional gun deaths in Miami-Dade County based on manner of death coding by a medical examiner (ME) and an intent-based classification (IBC) for all...
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+ Psychological Factors in the Determination of Suicide in Self-inflicted Gunshot Head Wounds
- Author:
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Weinberger, L.E. / Sreenivasan, S / Gross, E.A. / Markowitz, E. / Gross, B.H.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Law Enforcement, Local, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Psychological Autopsy, Suicide, forensic science, gunshot, head wound, intent
The aim of this study was to determine whether law enforcement agencies and coroner’s departments fully explore a decedent’s state of mind at the time of death in order to classify an act of self-killing...
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+ Firearm suicide in New York City in the 1990s
- Author:
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Piper, T. M. / Tracy, M. / Bucciarelli, A. / Tardiff, K. / Galea, S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Local, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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DEATH -- Causes, FIREARMS accidents, NEW York (N.Y.), NEW York (State), Suicide
The authors collected data on all suicide deaths from 1990-2000 from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City and assessed trends in firearm related suicide deaths. During the period...
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+ Managing suicide risk in late life - Access to firearms as a public health risk
- Author:
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Oslin DW / Zubritsky C / Brown G / Mullahy M / Puliafico A / Ten Have T
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Local, Mental Health, Storage, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Depression, Elderly, Gun availability, Home, suicidal ideation
In this cross-sectional study, the authors explored the prevalence of gun availability among older primary-care patients and especially, the prevalence of gun ownership among those with and without significant...
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