Bela B Hackman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6071293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bela B Hackman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bela B |
| FAMILY NAME | Hackman |
| SIGNATURE | HACKMAN B B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether keeping a firearm in the home confers protection against crime or, instead, increases the risk of violent crime in the home. To study risk factors for homicide in the home, we identified homicides occurring in the homes of victims in three metropolitan counties. METHODS: After each homicide, we obtained data from the police or medical examiner and interviewed a proxy for the victim. The proxies' answers were comp…
Drs. Kellermann and Hackman Respond
Drs. Kellermann and Hackman Respond Arthur L. Kellermann, and Bela B. Hackman Howard S. Berliner CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.6.780-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership
Ready availability of firearms is associated with an increased risk of suicide in the home. Owners of firearms should weigh their reasons for keeping a gun in the home against the possibility that it might someday be used in a suicide.
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Drs. Kellermann and Hackman Respond
Drs. Kellermann and Hackman Respond Arthur L. Kellermann, and Bela B. Hackman Howard S. Berliner CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.6.780-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether keeping a firearm in the home confers protection against crime or, instead, increases the risk of violent crime in the home. To study risk factors for homicide in the home, we identified homicides occurring in the homes of victims in three metropolitan counties. METHODS: After each homicide, we obtained data from the police or medical examiner and interviewed a proxy for the victim. The proxies' answers were comp…
Suicide in the Home in Relation to Gun Ownership
Ready availability of firearms is associated with an increased risk of suicide in the home. Owners of firearms should weigh their reasons for keeping a gun in the home against the possibility that it might someday be used in a suicide.
Medicine (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (1 work) · Clinical practice guidelines implementation (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (1 work) · Description logic (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work) · Family medicine (1 work) · Frame (networking) (1 work)