+ A comparison of two surveillance systems for deaths related to violent injury
- Author:
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Comstock, R. D. / Mallonee, S. / Jordan, F.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Injury, Suicide, Unintentional, death
Data on violent injury deaths in Oklahoma in 2001 from the statewide Medical Examiner and the Vital Statistics Office were compared in an evaluation of the two surveillance systems. A total of 776 violent...
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+ 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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+ Firearm storage practices and rates of unintentional firearm deaths in the United States
- Author:
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Miller, Matthew / Azrael, Deborah / Hemenway, David / Vriniotis, Mary
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Storage, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CITIES & towns, Children, Household firearms, Mortality, Storage
Data on household firearm prevalence and storage practices by state from the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were analyzed along with unintentional firearm death counts and population...
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+ Firearm violence in America: A growing health problem
- Author:
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Baroni, S. / Richmond, T. S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Public Health, State, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Community-Institutional Relations, Firearms, Health Promotion/organization & administration, Homicide/prevention & control/statistics & numerical data, Humans
According to the State Injury Profiles 2001 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, firearm injury is the second leading cause of injury death following only motor vehicle crashes. Firearm...
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+ Police deaths in New York and London during the twentieth century
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Kyriacou, D. N. / Monkkonen, E. H. / Peek-Asa, C. / Lucke, R. E. / Labbett, S. / Pearlman, K. S. / Hutson, H. R.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Law Enforcement, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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20th Century, London, New York, Occupational hazard, death
The authors investigated the circumstances of 585 police officers in New York City and 160 police officers in London who died while participating in law enforcement activities in the 20th century. Data...
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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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+ Determining objective injury prevention priorities
- Author:
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Wiebe, D. J. / Nance, M. L. / Branas, C. C.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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FIREARMS accidents, PREVENTION, PSYCHIC trauma, UNITED States, Wounds & Injuries
Data from the period 2000-2004 were obtained from the National Trauma Data Bank, and four injury prevention priority scores were computed: injury prevention priority score, mortality priority score, hospital...
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+ The demographics of significant firearm injury in Canadian trauma centers and the associated predictors of in-hospital mortality
- Author:
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Finley CJ / Hemenway D / Clifton J / Brown DR / Simons RK
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Canadian Journal of Surgery
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, International, Medical, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Canada, Handgun, Male, Trauma Center
The authors investigated all firearm cases treated in Canadian trauma centers 1999-2003. Of the 784 people shot, 94% were male. Self-inflicted shooting accounted for 30% of the cases, assaults 60% and...
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+ Russian roulette and risk-taking behavior - A medical examiner study
- Author:
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Shields LBE / Hunsaker JC / Stewart DM
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Recreational Use, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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AGE, Head Wounds, Kentucky, Male, Russian Roulette
The authors reviewed cases in the Medical Examiners’ Offices in Kentucky of self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head from Russian roulette. Of the 24 incidents, most (79.2%) were white, and all were...
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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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+ Australian firearms legislation and unintentional firearm deaths: a theoretical explanation for the absence of decline following the 1996 gun laws
- Author:
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McPhedran S / Baker J
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Public Health
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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AUSTRALIA, Accidents, Prevention & Control, Safety, Wounds
The Australian Bureau of Statistics stated that in recent years there has been an increase in open coroner’s cases of potential suicides. Open cases are reported as accidental, ill-defined or unspecified,...
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