Violence and Health: The United States in a Global Perspective
James A. Mercy, PhD,
Etienne G. Krug, MD, MPH,
Linda L. Dahlberg, PhD and
Anthony B. Zwi, PhD, MB, BCh
James A. Mercy and Linda L. Dahlberg are with the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Ga. Etienne Krug is with the WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. Anthony Zwi is with the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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A woman stands amid hundreds of pairs of shoes placed on the steps of the Kentucky state capitol on October 15, 2002, to bring attention to victims of domestic violence. Last year, Kentucky's 17 domestic violence programs sheltered more than 4600 women and children, according to officials. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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A sculpture of a gun with a tied-up barrel, symbolizing a gun-free South Africa, is seen at the entrance to the Victoria and Albert waterfront shopping center in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1999. The government unveiled stringent new gun control legislation that year. The law stiffens sentences, obliges gun owners to reregister firearms every five years, and gives police more powers to investigate suspected owners of illegal weapons. (AP Photo/Obed Zilwa)
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