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Autopsy examination of firearm fatalities.
As general pathologists in Malaysia are required to perform medico-legal autopsies, this paper is written with the hope that it may serve as a guide to the less initiated. An account of elementary ballistics is included because it is essential for understanding the features of wounds produced by firearms. A complete autopsy examination including a systematic approach to the injuries is advocate...
متن کاملFirearm legislation and firearm-related fatalities in the United States.
IMPORTANCE Over 30,000 people die annually in the United States from injuries caused by firearms. Although most firearm laws are enacted by states, whether the laws are associated with rates of firearm deaths is uncertain. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether more firearm laws in a state are associated with fewer firearm fatalities. DESIGN Using an ecological and cross-sectional method, we retrosp...
متن کاملA population based study of unintentional firearm fatalities.
OBJECTIVES To describe the circumstances of fatal unintentional firearm injuries in a statewide population in a region of the United States with high firearm fatality rates and to compare to similar data from an earlier period in the same state. METHODS Analyses of North Carolina medical examiner database (1985-94) and review of medical examiner case reports (1990-94) and comparison to simila...
متن کاملResponding to the crisis of firearm violence in the United States: comment on "Firearm legislation and firearm-related fatalities in the United States".
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متن کاملUnderestimates of unintentional firearm fatalities: comparing Supplementary Homicide Report data with the National Vital Statistics System.
OBJECTIVE A growing body of evidence suggests that the nation's vital statistics system undercounts unintentional firearm deaths that are not self inflicted. This issue was examined by comparing how unintentional firearm injuries identified in police Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) data were coded in the National Vital Statistics System. METHODS National Vital Statistics System data are b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.77.4.513