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The Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Global Violence Prevention will convene a workshop on December 18-19, 2014 focusing on the means or methods used to commit self-directed and interpersonal violent acts that result in life-threatening events or death, including firearms, pesticides, and other lethal means.
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Means of Violence: Workshop in Brief
Proceedings
·2015
In an average day, there are approximately 4,000 violent deaths across the globe. In 1 week, there are 26,000 and in 1 month, 120,000. Workshop speaker James Mercy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted that these figures are directly influenced by the means and methods select...
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