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Exposure to gun violence makes adolescents twice as [blank] to perpetrate serious violence in the next two years, according to a University of Michigan [blank] . Researchers found there is a [blank] cause and effect [blank] between exposure and perpetration of violence. Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer, a doctoral student in health behavior and health education, analyzed five years of data from adolescents living in 78 neighborhoods in Chicago. Bingenheimer is the lead author on a paper in this week's journal Science.

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Exposure to gun violence makes adolescents twice as likely to perpetrate serious violence in the next two years, according to a University of Michigan study . Researchers found there is a substantial cause and effect relationship between exposure and perpetration of violence. Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer, a doctoral student in health behavior and health education, analyzed five years of data from adolescents living in 78 neighborhoods in Chicago. Bingenheimer is the lead author on a paper in this week's journal Science.
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