Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Firearms

Small-arms weapons, including handguns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Small-arms weapons, including handguns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Guns
  • Rifles
  • Shotguns

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

ballistics goes here only if pertinent to nature of firearm; wound ballistics goes under BALLISTICS, WOUND see WOUNDS, GUNSHOT & FORENSIC MEDICINE if pertinent

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History Note

87

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  1. J01.637.870w.350w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Firearms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005389. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005389
  2. Firearms. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm
  3. Firearms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12796