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Firearms

Known as: Firearm 
Small-arms weapons, including handguns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc.
National Institutes of Health

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Weapons

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Firearm injuries in the United States.
OBJECTIVE This paper examines the epidemiology of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence in the United States. Trends over two… 
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Review
2014
Review
2014
The Accessibility of Firearms and Risk for Suicide and Homicide Victimization Among Household Members
Firearms cause an estimated 31000 deaths annually in the United States (1). Data from the 16-state National Violent Death… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Gun storage practices and risk of youth suicide and unintentional firearm injuries.
CONTEXT Household firearms are associated with an elevated risk of firearm death to occupants in the home. Many organizations and… 
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000.
CONTEXT Modifiable behavioral risk factors are leading causes of mortality in the United States. Quantifying these will provide… 
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Youth suicide risk and preventive interventions: a review of the past 10 years.
OBJECTIVE To review critically the past 10 years of research on youth suicide. METHOD Research literature on youth suicide was… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Social capital, income inequality, and firearm violent crime.
Studies have shown that poverty and income are powerful predictors of homicide and violent crime. We hypothesized that the effect… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Actual causes of death in the United States.
Objective. —To identify and quantify the major external (nongenetic) factors that contribute to death in the United States. Data… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Firearms and adolescent suicide. A community case-control study.
OBJECTIVE To assess the association between firearms in the home and adolescent suicide. RESEARCH DESIGN Matched, case-control… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
The presence and accessibility of firearms in the homes of adolescent suicides : a case-control study
Objective. —The presence of guns in the home, the type of gun, and the method of storage were all hypothesized to be associated… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Three-dimensional structure of membrane and surface proteins.
  • D. Eisenberg
  • Annual review of biochemistry
  • 1984
  • Corpus ID: 8650937
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