Firearms

PROBLEM/CONDITION Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Approximately 53… (More)

 

CONTEXT Household firearms are associated with an elevated risk of firearm death to occupants in the home. Many organizations and… (More)

BACKGROUND In the United States, more people kill themselves with firearms than with all other methods combined. A central… (More)

Since the early 1990's, the idea of automated systems for the comparison of microscopic firearms evidence has received… (More)

BACKGROUND The Forty-Ninth World Health Assembly recently declared violence a worldwide public health problem. Improved… (More)

OBJECTIVE To describe the magnitude and characteristics of nonfatal firearm-related injuries treated in hospital emergency… (More)

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between firearms in the home and adolescent suicide. RESEARCH DESIGN Matched, case-control… (More)

The 1980s witnessed an extraordinary increase in community violence in most major cities across the United States. In 1990 the… (More)

OBJECTIVE The presence of guns in the home, the type of gun, and the method of storage were all hypothesized to be associated… (More)