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Authors :
Pless, Ivan Barry
Source :
Injury Prevention (1353-8047); Aug2016, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p309-310, 2p
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

This section offers news briefs. These include Senator Tim Kaine's support for legislation that will lift a 20 year ban on firearms safety and gun violence prevention research, a prescriber or pharmacist information about a patient's controlled substance prescription history given by the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) and findings that one in 6 childhood injuries in Iraq were caused by violence compared with only one in 50 worldwide.

Subjects

Subjects :
GUN laws
AUTOMOBILE driving
CYCLING accidents
MOTOR vehicle standards
TRAFFIC safety
PREVENTION of injury
TRAFFIC accidents
CAUSES of death
GUNSHOT wounds
MEDICATION errors
PRESS
WOUNDS & injuries
ENVIRONMENTAL exposure
DRUG control
ELECTRONIC cigarettes
CHILDREN
PREVENTION
PSYCHOLOGY

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13538047
Volume :
22
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Injury Prevention (1353-8047)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
116948295
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042153
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