The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Firearm Injury
4269.1: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Firearm Injury
Learning Objectives: 1. to learn about groundbreaking research in firearm injury
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Daniel Webster, ScD
4:30 PMFirearms in US homes and unintentional gunshot fatalities: A case-control study
Douglas Wiebe, PhD
4:50 PMEstimating the proportion of certain firearm-related deaths preventable by safer guns
Jon S. Vernick, JD, MPH, Mallory O'Brien, PhD, Lisa M. Hepburn, PhD, MPH, Sara B. Johnson, MPH
5:10 PMEvaluation of the 1996 Maryland Gun Violence Act
Allegra N. Kim, MS, Daniel Webster, ScD
5:30 PMA case-control study of multiple purchase handguns: Characteristics that predict their use in crime
Mona A. Wright, MPH, Garen J. Wintemute, MD, MPH, Michael P. Romero, MPH
Organized by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by:School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA