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. 2008 Aug;12(3):298-320.
doi: 10.1177/1088767908319756.

Novel Linkage of Individual and Geographic Data to Study Firearm Violence

Charles C Branas  1 , Dennis Culhane, Therese S Richmond, Douglas J Wiebe
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Novel Linkage of Individual and Geographic Data to Study Firearm Violence

Charles C Branas et al. Homicide Stud. 2008 Aug.

Abstract

Firearm violence is the end result of a causative web of individual-level and geographic risk factors. Few, if any, studies of firearm violence have been able to simultaneously determine the population-based relative risks that individuals experience as a result of what they were doing at a specific point in time and where they were, geographically, at a specific point in time. This paper describes the linkage of individual and geographic data that was undertaken as part of a population-based case-control study of firearm violence in Philadelphia. New methods and applications of these linked data relevant to researchers and policymakers interested in firearm violence are also discussed.

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Flow Diagram Depicting the Ascertainment of Shooting Cases (Gray Areas Indicate Data Access Points)
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Rapid Enrollment of Shooting Cases and Matched Controls
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Kernel Density Maps of Assault and Self-Inflicted Shooting Cases and Controls in Philadelphia (White Space Indicates the Lowest Density and not Zero Density)
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