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Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory [Internet]

Office of the Surgeon General (OSG)
Washington (DC): US Department of Health and Human Services (US); 2024.
Publications and Reports of the Surgeon General.
Review

Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory [Internet]

Office of the Surgeon General (OSG).

Excerpt

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has issued a landmark Surgeon General’s Advisory on Firearm Violence, declaring firearm violence in America to be a public health crisis. This advisory is the first publication from the Office of the Surgeon General dedicated to this issue, and it outlines the devastating and far-reaching consequences that firearm violence poses to the health and well-being of the country.

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