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. 2023 Jul;84(4):238-239.
doi: 10.18043/001c.81271.

"We Can Make Ownership Safer" - A Conversation with ECU Trauma Surgeon Eric Toschlog About Preventing Firearm Injury and Death

Eric A Toschlog  1 , Stephen Marshall  2
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"We Can Make Ownership Safer" - A Conversation with ECU Trauma Surgeon Eric Toschlog About Preventing Firearm Injury and Death

Eric A Toschlog et al. N C Med J. 2023 Jul.
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Abstract

ECU trauma surgeon Dr. Eric A. Toschlog speaks with injury prevention epidemiologist Stephen W. Marshall about the role of clinicians and policymakers in deterring firearm injury and death in North Carolina and nationwide.

Keywords: ECU Health; Eric Toschlog; epidemiology; firearm injury; health policy; interview; north carolina; public health; surgery; violence prevention.

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