@article{ref1,
title="Current epidemiological trends in firearm mortality in the United States",
journal="JAMA Psychiatry",
year="2020",
author="Goldstick, Jason E. and Carter, Patrick M. and Cunningham, Rebecca M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="More than 652 000 people in the US died from firearm injuries between 1999 and 2018. Given that firearms are embedded within US culture (in 2018, 21.9% of individuals owned a firearm and 35.2% lived in households with firearms) evidence-based public health measures and policies that enhance firearm safety are needed. Firearm injuries are multifaceted; for example, there are nearly twice as many nonfatal firearm injuries as deaths, and assaults comprise a majority of nonfatal injuries while suicides comprise a majority of deaths. In this Viewpoint, we narrowed the scope to firearm mortality trends from 1999 to 2018 and current regional/demographic trends available from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WISQARS/WONDER...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2168-622X",
doi="10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2986",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2986"
}