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AuthorHemenway, David.TitlePrivate guns, public health / David Hemenway.PublishedAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.FormatBook
Govt Publication
Descriptionxiv, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

LinkTable of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003024583.html
NotesIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-300) and indexes.
ContentsThe scope of the gun problem -- The facts about gun ownership -- What public health means in practice -- The scientific basis of injury control -- The wrong medicine: "good guys" and "bad guys" -- Gun accidents -- Suicides -- Homicides -- Other gun-related crimes -- The myth and reality of deterrence -- How common is self-defense gun use? -- Is more better? -- How effective is self-defense gun use? -- Guns in the home -- Guns in schools -- Guns in public -- Young children -- Adolescents and young adults -- Women -- African Americans -- Manufacturers -- Licensed dealers -- The unregulated market -- The second amendment -- Public opinion -- Evaluating regulation -- The wrong arguments -- Lessons from other products -- Lessons from other countries -- International effects of our permissive policies -- A brief history of firearms law -- Reasonable policies -- Public health surveillance.
ISBN0472114050 (cloth : alk. paper)SubjectGunshot wounds -- United States -- Prevention.
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Gun control -- United States.
Political planning -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
Firearms ownership -- United States.
Firearms -- United States.
Wounds, Gunshot -- epidemiology -- United States.
Public health -- United States.
Political planning -- United States.

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