Reducing firearm injury and death : a public health sourcebook on guns / Trudy Ann Karlson & Stephen...
Reducing firearm injury and death : a public health sourcebook on guns / Trudy Ann Karlson & Stephen W. Hargarten.
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Publisher
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1997.
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N363.33/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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. Strategie...
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Publisher
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1997.
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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.
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Reducing firearm injury and death : a public health sourcebook on guns / Trudy Ann Karlson & Stephen W. Hargarten.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index.
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c1997.
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N363.33/5
Record Identifier
74VMygEZyQ4b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMygEZyQ4b
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ISBN
0813524210 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813524207 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813524202 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813524214 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
363.33
MMS ID
991002116159702626