| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 172 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Stephen P. Teret -- Introduction: Why We Are Writing This Book -- 1. The Scope of the Problem -- 2. Guns and Ammunition: The Basics -- 3. Modern Firearms -- 4. Comparing Firearms -- 5. Injuries from Firearms -- 6. Where Guns Come From -- 7. How Guns Are Currently Regulated -- 8. Strategies for Reducing Deaths and Injuries from Firearms -- App. 1. Factoring Criteria for Handguns -- App. 2. Text of ATF Form 4473 -- App. 3. A List of Concerned Organizations -- App. 4. Where to Find Out More. |
| Summary |
Two experts in public health and injury control show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead to reductions in the number of injuries and fatalities. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Firearms accidents -- Prevention.
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Firearms accidents -- Prevention. |
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Firearms accidents. |
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Firearms -- Design and construction.
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Firearms -- Design and construction. |
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Firearms -- Marketing.
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Firearms -- Marketing. |
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Firearms. |
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Firearms. |
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Wounds, Gunshot -- prevention & control. |
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Consumer Product Safety. |
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Health Policy. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hargarten, Stephen W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Karlson, Trudy Ann. Reducing firearm injury and death. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1997 0813524202 (DLC) 97001803 (OCoLC)36393707 |
| ISBN |
0585022119 (electronic book) |
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9780585022116 (electronic book) |
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0813524202 |
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0813524210 |
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