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CORRECTION article

Front. Public Health, 30 May 2023
Sec. Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1180968

Corrigendum: The cost of firearm violent crime in British Columbia, Canada

This article is a correction to:

  1. The cost of firearm violent crime in British Columbia, Canada

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\r\nFahra Rajabali Fahra Rajabali1*Kate TurcotteKate Turcotte1Alex ZhengAlex Zheng1Nick PaulsNick Pauls2Tony NguyenTony Nguyen2Evelyn KalmanEvelyn Kalman2Vedrana CovicVedrana Covic2Ian Pike,Ian Pike1,3
  • 1BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • 2Public Safety and Police Services Unit, Policing and Security Branch, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Victoria, BC, Canada
  • 3Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

A corrigendum on
The cost of firearm violent crime in British Columbia, Canada

by Rajabali, F., Turcotte, K., Zheng, A., Pauls, N., Nguyen, T., Kalman, E., Covic, V and Pike, I. (2023) Front. Public Health 10:938091.doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.938091

In the published article, an error was made in identifying the relevant countries.

A correction has been made to the Introduction, paragraph 1. This sentence previously stated:

“Canada ranks 9 out of 36 countries”

This should have been written as:

“Canada ranks 9 out of 36 peer Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries”

In the published article, an error was made in providing the average human costs per year.

A correction has been made to Results, paragraph 2. This sentence previously stated:

“human costs averaged $183,448,841 per year,”

This should have been written as:

“human costs averaged $188,416,841 per year,”

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: firearm injury, costs, criminal justice system costs, health care costs, violent crime

Citation: Rajabali F, Turcotte K, Zheng A, Pauls N, Nguyen T, Kalman E, Covic V and Pike I (2023) Corrigendum: The cost of firearm violent crime in British Columbia, Canada. Front. Public Health 11:1180968. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1180968

Received: 06 March 2023; Accepted: 15 May 2023;
Published: 30 May 2023.

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Stefano Orlando, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

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*Correspondence: Fahra Rajabali, frajabali@bcchr.ca

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.