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Employer policies toward guns and the risk of homicide in in workplace

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  • Loomis, D.
  • Marshall, S.W.
  • Ta, M.L.

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This population-based case-control study of North Carolina workplaces evaluated the hypothesis that employers' policies allowing firearms in the workplace may increase workers' risk of homicide. Workplaces where guns were permitted were about 5 times as likely to experience a homicide as those where all weapons were prohibited (adjusted odds ratio = 4.81; 95% confidence interval = 1.70, 13.65). The association remained after adjustment for other risk factors. The findings suggest that policies allowing guns in the workplace might increase workers' risk of homicide.

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  • Loomis, D. & Marshall, S.W. & Ta, M.L., 2005. "Employer policies toward guns and the risk of homicide in in workplace," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(5), pages 830-832.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2003.033535_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.033535
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