TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - Firearm-related mortality: a global public health problem JO - JAMA journal of the American Medical Association A1 - Rivara, Frederick P. A1 - Studdert, David M. A1 - Wintemute, Garen J. SP - 764 EP - 765 VL - 320 IS - 8 N2 -

Injuries and deaths from firearms are increasingly part of modern consciousness, particularly in some countries. In the United States, gun-related massacres at schools, places of worship, workplaces, night clubs, and recreational venues have seared images of innocent victims in the minds of the populace. In the United States and elsewhere, acts of terrorism committed with firearms and other lethal means have changed the way people live, work, travel, and play. For example, in the United States, armed guards patrol some schools, and some politicians have advocated allowing teachers to carry guns. Although mass shootings and terrorist attacks are the most visible form of gun violence, they account for only a small fraction of the public health burden of firearm-related morbidity and mortality ...

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LA - en SN - 0098-7484 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.9942 ID - ref1 ER -