+ Cross-national study of fighting and weapon carrying as determinants of adolescent injury
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Pickett, W. / Craig, W. / Harel, Y. / Cunningham, J. / Simpson, K. / Molcho, M. / Mazur, J. / Dostaler, S. / Overpeck, M. D. / Currie, C. E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Gun Carrying, International, Surveillance/Data Collection
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Adolescent, International, Violence, Weapon carrying, Wounds & Injuries
As part of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey, 24,750 children in 7 countries (Belgium, Estonia, Irael, Latvia, Macedonia, Portugal and the United States) were surveyed about their weapon...
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+ Reassessing who contributed most to the decline in violence during the 1990s: A reminder that size does matter
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Rennison, Callie Marie / Planty, Mike
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Violence and Victims
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Ethnicity, Gender, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CRIME, fatal violence, firearm violence, nonfatal violence, young Black urban males
Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, including approximately 200,000 interviews annually, were used to examine the trends in nonfatal, serious violence from 1994 through 2001. Firearms...
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+ Suicide among North Carolina women, 1989-93: information from two data sources
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Runyan, C. W. / Moracco, K. E. / Dulli, L. / Butts, J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Inj Prev
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Suicide, medical examiner, racial minority, suicide precursor
The authors examined characteristics and precursors of suicides among women aged 15 and older in North Carolina from 1989 to 1993, using medical examiner’s reports. They identified 882 suicides, suggesting...
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+ Do law restricting access to firearms by domestic violence offenders prevent intimate partner homicide?
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Vigdor, Elizabeth Richardson / Mercy, James A.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Evaluation Review
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CONFISCATIONS, CRIME, FAMILY violence, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, HOMICIDE
The authors examined counts of intimate partner homicides by state from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Supplementary Homicide Report files for the years 1982 through 2002 in order to analyze the...
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+ Suicide: A ten-year retrospective review of Kentucky medical examiner cases
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Shields, L. B. E. / Hunsaker, D. M. / Hunsaker, J. C.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Gender, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Kentucky, Suicide
From 1993-2002 there were almost 3000 suicides in Kentucky. Over 2/3 (67.5%) were from firearms. Of these, over ¾ (76.8%) were shots to the head. Of all suicide victims, 95% were white, and over 80%...
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+ Homicide: A Leading Cause of Injury Deaths Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the United States, 1991-1999
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Chang, Jeani / Berg, Cynthia J. / Herndon, Joy / Saltzman, Linda E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gender, Homicide, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CENTERS for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.), HOMICIDE, PREGNANCY, PRENATAL care, Wounds & Injuries
Data from the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used to identify risk factors for pregnancy-associated homicide from 1991 to 1999. Over this...
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+ Deaths from violence in North Carolina, 2004: how, deaths differ in females and males
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Sanford, C. / Marshall, S. W. / Martin, S. L. / Coyne-Beasley, I. / Waller, A. E. / Cook, P. J. / Norwood, T.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gender, Homicide, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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CRIMINAL investigation, HOMICIDE, MENTAL health services, Suicide, Violence
The authors gathered data on 1,674 residents of North Carolina who died from violence in 2004 using the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System. For suicide and homicide, there were at least three...
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+ Four Eras of Study of College Student Suicide in the United States: 1920-2004
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Schwartz, Allan J.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of American College Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gender, Students, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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COLLEGE students, PREVENTION, Suicide, UNITED States, high-risk groups
The author examined 18 reports describing 13 studies of suicide among students at colleges and universities in the Untied States from 1920-2004. The suicide rate for students has declined across four...
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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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+ Transgenerational persistence of education as a health risk: Findings from the Women Physicians' Health Study
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Frank, E. / Elon, L. / Hogue, C.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Womens Health & Gender-Based Medicine
- Topics:
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Gender, Ownership, Social Science, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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gun, socioeconomic status
The authors examined the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on morbidity and mortality across generations, using SES and health data from a random selection of 2500 physicians from each of the last...
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