+ 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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+ Reliability of a Short Gun Questionnaire
- Author:
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Zun, Leslie S. / Downey, La Vonne
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Southern Medical Journal
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Medical, Ownership, Public Health, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Youth, convenience sample, gun accessibility, gun questionnaire
The authors developed and tested a seven-question gun questionnaire asking about gun accessibility, ownership and usage from a much longer gun survey and compared the reliability of the two versions to...
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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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+ National Estimates of Non-fatal Firearm Related Injuries Other Than Gunshot Wounds
- Author:
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Hootman, J.M. / Annest, J.L. / Mercy, J.A. / Ryan, G.W. / Hargarten, S.W.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Medical, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S. /National
- Keywords:
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Emergency Department, Firearms, Violence, surveillance
Using data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) collected between 1January 1993 and 31 December 1996, the authors estimate that a total of 65 374 cases (or 16 300 per year)...
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