Curbing Gun Violence
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Curbing gun violence: lessons from public health successes.
THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS IN NEWTOWN, Connecticut, has horrified and refocused the nation on the burden of gun violence. Each year in the United States, more than 30 000 individuals are killed by guns' (homicides, suicides, and unintentional fatalities)—85 deaths per day plus many hundreds of nonfatal injuries. Gun homicide alone causes 11000 deaths each year,' more than all US troops k...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.38